Gene fusions and gene variants associated with cancer

ABSTRACT

The disclosure provides gene fusions, gene variants, and novel associations with disease states, as well as kits, probes, and methods of using the same.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to gene fusions and genevariants that are associated with cancer.

The present application is being filed along with a Sequence Listing inelectronic format. The Sequence Listing is provided as a file entitledLT00802_1_2_ST25.txt, created Mar. 27, 2015, last modified Feb. 12,2018, which is 103,558 bytes in size. The information in the electronicformat of the Sequence Listing is incorporated herein by reference inits entirety.

BACKGROUND

Aberrations such as chromosomal translocations and gene variants arefrequently found in human cancer cells. Chromosomal translocations mayresult in a chimeric gene expressing a fusion transcript which is thentranslated into a fusion protein that affects normal regulatory pathwaysand stimulates cancer cell growth. Gene variants may also result inaberrant proteins that affect normal regulatory pathways.

The identification of new fusion genes, new variants of known fusiongenes, and gene variants or alleles provides an opportunity foradditional diagnostics and cancer treatment targets.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The disclosure provides novel gene fusion variants and genefusion-disease state associations. The gene fusions provided herein areassociated with certain cancers. The disclosure further provides probes,such as amplification primer sets and detection probes, as well asmethods and systems of detection, diagnosis, and treatment and kits thatinclude or detect the gene fusions disclosed herein.

In certain embodiments, novel mutations and fusions associated withcancer are disclosed in Tables 41-44.

The disclosure further provides reaction mixtures, sets of probes, kits,methods, isolated nucleic acids comprising or to detect the novelmutations and fusion events of Tables 41-44.

In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a reaction mixture comprisinga probe or a set of probes that specifically recognize a gene fusionselected from Table 1-Table 3, Table 19, and Table 22. The set of probescan be, for example a set of amplification primers. In anotherembodiment, provided herein is a reaction mixture that includes a set ofprimers that flank a gene fusion selected from Table 1-Table 3, Table19, and Table 22 in a target nucleic acid. For example, the set ofprimers can each bind to a target sequence in the human genome within1000, 750, 500, 250, 100, 90, 80, 75, 70, 65, 50, or 25 nucleotides ofopposite sides of the one of the fusion breakpoints identified in Tables4-6, 20, and 23. The reaction mixture of this embodiment can furtherinclude a detector probe that binds to either side of a breakpoint in agene fusion selected from Table 1-Table 3, Table 19, and Table 22, orthat binds a binding region that spans the breakpoint in a gene fusionselected from Table 1-Table 3, Table 19, and Table 22, includingspecific embodiments where the breakpoint is identified in Tables 4-6,20, and 23. In exemplary embodiments, the detector probe binds to atarget sequence in the human genome within 1000, 750, 500, 250, 100, 90,80, 75, 70, 60, 50, or 25 nucleotides of one of the fusion breakpointsidentified in Tables 4-6, 20, and 23. The reaction mixture that includesa detector probe, or does not include a detector probe, can furtherinclude a polymerase, a reverse transcriptase, dNTPs, and/or a uracilDNA deglycosylase (UDG). The polymerase, the reverse transcriptase, andthe UDG are typically not from human origin. The polymerase inillustrative embodiments is a thermostable polymerase such as a Taqpolymerase. In certain embodiments, the dNTPs in the reaction mixtureinclude dUTP, and the reaction mixture can in certain examples, bedevoid of dTTP. Furthermore, the reaction mixture can include anamplicon, such as a DNA amplicon that includes one or more deoxyuridine(“dU”) residues. In certain embodiments the reaction mixture includes aDNA amplicon that includes one or more dU residues for everydeoxythymidine residue in the corresponding human genomic sequence. Incertain embodiments, the amplicon includes a segment for which acorresponding sequence is not found in the human genome, such as, forexample, a DNA barcode sequence. The non-human segment can be forexample, 5-10,000, 5-5000, 5-1000, 5-500, 5-100, 5-50, 5-25, 5-10,10-10,000, 10-5000, 10-1000, 10-500, 10-100, 10-50, or 10-25 nucleotidesin length. In certain embodiments, the amplicon includes segment thatcorresponds to the region of the human genome that spans an intron, butthe amplicon does not include a segment corresponding to the intron. Thereaction mixture can further include a target nucleic acid, for examplea human target nucleic acid. The human target nucleic acid can be, forexample, isolated from a biological sample from a person suspected ofhaving a cancer selected from: BLCA=bladder carcinoma, BRCA=breastcarcinoma, CESC=cervical cell carcinoma, COAD=colon adenocarcinoma,GBM=glioblastoma multiforme, HNSC=head and neck squamous cell carcinoma,KIRK=clear cell renal cell carcinoma, KIRP=kidney renal papillary cellcarcinoma, LAML=acute myeloid leukemia, LGG=brain lower grade glioma,LIHC=liver hepatocellular carcinoma, LUAD=lung adenocarcinoma,LUSC=squamous cell lung carcinoma, OV=ovarian serous adenocarcinoma,PRAD=prostate adenocarcinoma, READ=rectal adenocarcinoma, SKCM=cutaneousmelanoma, STAD=stomach adenocarcinoma, THCA=thyroid carcinoma, andUCEC=uterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma. In certain embodiments, thetarget nucleic acid is from a tumor, for example a tumor of one of thecancer types listed in the preceding sentence.

In another embodiment, a set of probes that specifically recognizes anucleic acid comprising at least one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-289 (gene fusions)is provided. In another embodiment, provided herein is a set of primersthat specifically amplify a target nucleic acid that includes at least25, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, or all of SEQ ID NOs: 1-289, orthat amplifies up to 25, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, or all ofSEQ ID NOs: 1-289. In another embodiment, provided herein is a qPCRassay, such as a TaqMan™ assay or a Molecular Beacons™ assay, thatspecifically amplifies and detects a target nucleic acid that includesat least 25, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, or all of SEQ ID NOs:1-289.

The disclosure also provides an isolated nucleic acid comprising atleast one sequence selected from a segment that includes at least 25,30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150 200, or all of SEQ ID NOs: 1-289 or thatincludes up to 25, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, or all of SEQ IDNOs: 1-289. The isolated nucleic acid can include a first primer on a 5′end. Furthermore, the nucleic acid can be single stranded or doublestranded. In certain embodiments, the isolated nucleic acid includes asegment for which a corresponding sequence is not found in the humangenome, such as, for example, a DNA barcode sequence. The segment can befor example, 5-10,000, 5-5000, 5-1000, 5-500, 5-100, 5-50, 5-25, 5-10,10-10,000, 10-5000, 10-1000, 10-500, 10-100, 10-50, or 10-25 nucleotidesin length.

The disclosure, in other embodiments, provides a kit that includes adetector probe and/or a set of probes, for example, a set ofamplification primers, that specifically recognize a nucleic acidcomprising a breakpoint for a gene fusion selected from Table 1-Table 3,Table 19, and Table 22. For example, in certain embodiments the detectorprobe or set of amplification primers are designed to amplify and/ordetect a nucleic acid that includes up to 25, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125,150, 200, or all of at least one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-289. The kit canfurther include, in one or more separate or in the same vessel, at leastone component from an amplification reaction mixture, such as apolymerase, dNTPs, a reverse transcriptase, and/or UDG, typically thereverse transcriptase, polymerase and UDG are not from human origin. Incertain embodiments, the dNTPs include dUTP, and in illustrativeexamples are devoid of dTTP. The polymerase in illustrative embodimentsis a thermostable polymerase such as a Taq polymerase. Furthermore, thekit can include a control nucleic acid. For example the control nucleicacid can include a sequence that includes the break point in a genefusion selected from Table 1-Table 3, Table 19, and Table 22, such as anucleic acid that includes at least 25, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150,200, or all of SEQ ID NOs: 1-289 or a nucleic acid that includes up to25, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, or all of SEQ ID NOs: 1-289.

A method of detecting a cancer is provided comprising amplifying anucleic acid that spans a breakpoint in a gene fusion selected fromTable 1-Table 3, Table 19, and Table 22, for example the nucleic caninclude a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1-289, and detecting thepresence of the nucleic acid, wherein the presence of the nucleic acidindicates a cancer is present in the sample. In another method, providedherein is a method of detecting a cancer selected from, bladder, colon,breast, endometrial, melanoma, ovarian, glioblastoma, glioma, leukemia,renal cell carcinoma, thyroid, and prostate adenocarcinoma that includesgenerating an amplicon that includes a sequence selected from SEQ IDNOs: 1-289 and detecting the presence of the amplicon, wherein thepresence of the amplicon indicates bladder, colon, melanoma, ovarian,glioblastoma, lung, glioma, leukemia, renal cell carcinoma, thyroid,endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma, breast and prostateadenocarcinoma is present in the sample. The amplicon typically includesprimers that were extended to form the amplicon. The cancer is selectedfrom bladder urothelial carcinoma, breast carcinoma, endometrialendometrioid adenocarcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, glioblastomamultiforme, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, papillary renal cellcarcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia, brain lower grade glioma, lungadenocarcinoma, ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma, prostateadenocarcinoma, rectal cutaneous melanoma, and thyroid gland carcinoma.The amplicon that is generated, in certain illustrative embodiments is aDNA amplicon that includes dU residues, and in certain examples includesno dT residues. In the methods provided in this paragraph, the ampliconcan be generated using reaction mixtures provided herein. In certainembodiments, the method includes detecting expression of a nucleic acidthat spans a breakpoint in a gene fusion selected from Table 1-Table 3,Table 19, and Table 22. Methods for detecting expression typicallyinclude a step of isolating RNA from a sample, such as a tumor sample,which can be a formalin fixed sample in illustrative embodiments.

In one embodiment, the reaction mixture includes a dye selected fromSYBR Green, SBYR Greener, Fluorescein, Oregon Green, FAM, TET, JOE, VIC,Yakima Yellow, HEX, Cy3, Bodipy TMR, NED, TAMRA, Cy3.5, ROX, Texas Red,LightCycler Red, Bodipy 630/650, Alexa Fluor 647, Cy5, Alexa Fluor 660,or Cy 5.5. In certain embodiments, the dye is attached to adetably-labeled probe in the reaction mixture. In other embodiments, thedye is bound to the amplicon directly or through a detectably-labeledprobe.

A kit comprising a probe or a set of probes, for example, a detectableprobe or a set of amplification primers that specifically recognize anucleic acid comprising a break point from Tables 4-6, 20, and 23 isprovided. The kit can further include, in the same vessel, or in certainpreferred embodiments, in a separate vessel, a component from anamplification reaction mixture, such as a polymerase, typically not fromhuman origin, dNTPs, and/or UDG. Furthermore, the kit can include acontrol nucleic acid. For example the control nucleic acid can include asequence that includes a break point selected from Tables 4-6, 20, and23.

In another embodiment, provided herein a gene fusion that includes thegene fusions identified in Tables 1-3, 19, and 22. In illustrativeembodiments, the gene fusions include one of the breakpoints identifiedin Tables 4-6, 20, and 23. Accordingly, provided herein is an isolatedgene fusion nucleic acid of between 100 and 10,000 nucleotides in lengthand comprising at least 25 nucleotides on either side of one of thebreak points in Tables 4-6, 20, and 23.

In a related embodiment, provided herein is an isolated gene fusionnucleic acid comprising at least one of the break points in Tables 4-6,20, and 23. In certain embodiments, the isolated gene fusion nucleicacid comprises at least 25, 30, 40, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, or allof SEQ ID NOs: 1-289 or a nucleic acid that includes up to 25, 30, 40,50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 200, or all of SEQ ID NOs: 1-289. The isolatedgene fusion nucleic acid can have a length, for example, of between 50and 100,000 nucleotides, between 100 and 50,000 nucleotides, between 100and 25,000 nucleotides, between 100 and 10,000 nucleotides, between 100and 5,000 nucleotides, between 100 and 2500 nucleotides, between 100 and1,000 nucleotides, between 100 and 500 nucleotides, between 100 and 250nucleotides, between 100 and 200 nucleotides, between 250 and 10,000nucleotides, between 250 and 5,000 nucleotides, between 250 and 1,000nucleotides, or between 250 and 500 nucleotides. In certain aspects, theisolated gene fusion nucleic acid is DNA. In certain illustrativeembodiments, the isolated nucleic gene fusion is devoid of intronsequences but spans a region that in the genome includes one or moreintrons. In certain embodiments, the isolated gene fusion nucleic acidis a cDNA.

In another embodiment, an isolated gene fusion nucleic acid is providedcomprising at least one of the break points in Tables 4-6, 20, and 23.

In another embodiment is a method to detect a cancer selected frombladder urothelial carcinoma, breast carcinoma, endometrial endometrioidadenocarcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, clearcell renal cell carcinoma, papillary renal cell carcinoma, acute myeloidleukemia, brain lower grade glioma, lung adenocarcinoma, ovarian serouscystadenocarcinoma, prostate adenocarcinoma, rectal cutaneous melanoma,and thyroid gland carcinoma in a sample by detecting the presence of agene fusion selected from Table 1-Table 3, Table 19, and Table 22.

The disclosure provides novel gene variants and gene variant-diseasestate associations. The gene variants can have one or more mutationsthat result in a variant protein. The gene variants provided herein areassociated with certain cancers. The gene variants result in proteinvariants. The disclosure further provides probes, such as amplificationprimer sets and detection probes, as well as methods of detection,diagnosis, and treatment and kits that include or detect the genevariants disclosed herein.

In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a composition and a kitcomprising a set of probes that specifically recognize the nucleotidesequence that encodes a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/or Table11. The set of probes can be, for example a set of amplificationprimers. In another embodiment, provided herein is a composition thatincludes a set of primers that flank a gene variant that encodes one ormore variants in Table 7 and/or Table 11. The reaction mixture of thisembodiment can further include a detector probe that binds to anucleotide sequence including a gene variant selected from Table 7and/or Table 11. The reaction mixture that includes a detector probe ordoes not include a detector probe, can further include a polymerase,dNTPs, and/or a uracil DNA deglycosylase (UDG). The polymerase and UDGare typically not from a human origin. The reaction mixture can furtherinclude a target nucleic acid, for example a human target nucleic acid.The human target nucleic acid can be, for example, isolated from abiological sample from a person suspected of having a cancer. The cancercan be selected from: BLCA=bladder carcinoma, BRCA=breast carcinoma,CESC=cervical cell carcinoma, COAD=colon adenocarcinoma,GBM=glioblastoma multiforme, HNSC=head and neck squamous cell carcinoma,KIRK=clear cell renal cell carcinoma, KIRP=kidney renal papillary cellcarcinoma, LAML=acute myeloid leukemia, LGG=brain lower grade glioma,LIHC=liver hepatocellular carcinoma, LUAD=lung adenocarcinoma,LUSC=squamous cell lung carcinoma, OV=ovarian serous adenocarcinoma,PRAD=prostate adenocarcinoma, READ=rectal adenocarcinoma, SKCM=cutaneousmelanoma, STAD=stomach adenocarcinoma, THCA=thyroid carcinoma, andUCEC=uterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma.

The nucleotide sequence that encodes one or more gene variants in Table7 and/or Table 11 can be any size that encompasses the variation. Forexample, the nucleotide sequence can be any size that can be easilycopied using a primer and/or detected using a probe.

In another embodiment, a set of probes that specifically recognize anucleic acid coding for a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/orTable 11 (gene variants) is provided. In another embodiment, providedherein is a set of primers that specifically amplify a target nucleicacid that codes for a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/or Table11. In another embodiment, provided herein is a qPCR assay, such as, butnot limited to, a TaqMan™ assay, a Scorpions assay, or a MolecularBeacons™ assay that specifically amplifies and detects a target nucleicacid that codes for a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/or Table11.

The disclosure also provides an isolated nucleic acid comprising atleast one sequence that codes for one or more gene variants selectedfrom Table 7 and/or Table 11. The isolated nucleic acid can include afirst primer on a 5′ end. Furthermore, the nucleic acid can be singlestranded or double stranded.

The disclosure, in other embodiments, provides a kit that includes adetector probe and/or a set of probes, for example, a set ofamplification primers that specifically recognize a nucleic acid thatcodes for a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/or Table 11. Forexample, in certain embodiments the detector probe or set ofamplification primers are designed to amplify and/or detect a nucleicacid that codes for a variant in Table 7 and/or Table 11. The kit canfurther include, in a separate or in the same vessel, a component froman amplification reaction mixture, such as a polymerase, typically notfrom human origin, dNTPs, and/or UDG. Furthermore, the kit can include acontrol nucleic acid. For example the control nucleic acid can include asequence that includes the gene variant selected from Table 7 and/orTable 11.

A method of detecting a cancer is provided comprising amplifying anucleic acid that encodes a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/orTable 11, for example the nucleic can include a sequence from one of theaccession numbers in Table 7 and/or Table 11 except that the sequencecontains the variant that codes for the gene variants in Table 7 and/orTable 11, and detecting the presence of the nucleic acid, wherein thepresence of the nucleic acid indicates a cancer is present in thesample. In another method, provided herein is a method of detecting acancer that includes generating an amplicon that includes a sequenceencoding a variant selected from Table 7 and/or Table 11, and detectingthe presence of the nucleic acid, wherein the presence of the nucleicacid indicates a cancer or cancer cell is present in the sample. Theamplicon typically includes primers that are extended to form theamplicon. The cancer is selected from bladder carcinoma, breastcarcinoma, cervical cell carcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, glioblastomamultiforme, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, clear cell renal cellcarcinoma, kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma, acute myeloidleukemia, brain lower grade glioma, liver hepatocellular carcinoma, lungadenocarcinoma, squamous cell lung carcinoma, ovarian serousadenocarcinoma, prostate adenocarcinoma, rectal adenocarcinoma,cutaneous melanoma, stomach adenocarcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, anduterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma.

A kit comprising a set of probes, for example, a set of amplificationprimers that specifically recognize a nucleic acid comprising a genevariant from Table 7 and/or Table 11 is provided. The kit can furtherinclude, in a separate or in the same vessel, a component from anamplification reaction mixture, such as a polymerase, typically not fromhuman origin, dNTPs, and/or UDG. Furthermore, the kit can include acontrol nucleic acid. For example the control nucleic acid can include asequence that includes the gene variant from Table 7 and/or Table 11.

In certain embodiments, a set of probes that specifically recognize anucleic acid comprising a gene variant from Table 7 and/or Table 11 isprovided.

In another embodiment, a gene variant is provided comprising at leastone of the gene variants in Table 7 and/or Table 11.

In another embodiment is a method to detect a cancer selected frombladder carcinoma, breast carcinoma, cervical cell carcinoma, colonadenocarcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, head and neck squamous cellcarcinoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, kidney renal papillary cellcarcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia, brain lower grade glioma, liverhepatocellular carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, squamous cell lungcarcinoma, ovarian serous adenocarcinoma, prostate adenocarcinoma,rectal adenocarcinoma, cutaneous melanoma, stomach adenocarcinoma,thyroid carcinoma, and uterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma in a sampleby detecting the presence of a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/orTable 11. Gene variants can include, but are not limited to, ZNF479variants R11Q, R295K, R295T, R295I, R345I, R345T, K438T, and T466K.

In another embodiment, a method of delivering a drug to a subject isprovided, wherein the method includes detecting a genetic eventidentified in Table 15, and treating the subject with a drug, whereinthe drug is believed to positively affect the clinical outcome ofpatients having the genetic event. In illustrative embodiments, thegenetic event is associated with a gene found in Table 8 and the drug islisted in Table 8 as a companion for that gene. In another embodiment,provided herein is a method for determining if a subject receives adrug, the method includes detecting a genetic event identified in Table15, and then delivering a drug to the subject if the detected geneticevent is listed in Table 15 as associated with a poor prognosis, whereinthe drug is believed to positively affect the clinical outcome ofpatients having the genetic event. In illustrative embodiments, thegenetic event is associated with a gene found in Table 8 and the drug islisted in Table 8 as a companion for that gene.

In one embodiment, a kit is provided, wherein the kit comprises a set ofprobes, wherein each probe specifically hybridizes to a nucleic acidcomprising a breakpoint from Tables 4-6, 20, and 23.

In one embodiment, a method is provided, the method comprising:amplifying a nucleic acid comprising at least one gene fusion fromTables 1-3, 19, and 22 from a sample; and detecting the presence of theat least one gene fusion by at least one of: contacting the compositionwith at least one probe, wherein each probe specifically hybridizes tothe nucleic acid, or observing the presence of a non-natural ornon-native chemical structure in the nucleic acid; wherein detecting thepresence of the at least one gene fusion indicates that at least onecancer from Tables 1-3, 19, and 22 is present in the sample.

In one embodiment, a system is provided, the system comprising a nucleicacid amplifier configured to amplify a nucleic acid comprising at leastone gene fusion from Tables 1-3, 19, and 22 from a sample, to yield anamplified nucleic acid; a detector configured to detect the presence ofthe at least one gene fusion in the amplified nucleic acid by at leastone of (i) contacting the composition with at least one probe, whereineach probe specifically hybridizes to the nucleic acid, or (ii)observing the presence of a non-natural or non-native chemical structurein the nucleic acid, and further configured to transmit a detectionindication; and a computer system configured to receive the detectionindication and determine that at least one cancer from Tables 1-3, 19,and 22 is present in the sample, based on the detection indication.

In one embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable program storageunit is provided, the non-transitory computer readable program storageunit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer,perform a method, comprising receiving an input comprising at least acancer type and an event type, wherein the cancer type is selected fromTable 15 and the event type is selected from Table 15; querying adatabase for at least one entry comprising a plurality of fields,wherein the plurality of fields comprises at least one of the cancertype and the event type; and transmitting an output comprising at leastone field of the plurality from the at least one entry, wherein the atleast one field comprises at least one gene, at least one druggablegene, at least one drug targeting the at least one druggable gene, or aprognosis.

In one embodiment, a method is provided, wherein the method comprisesadministering to a patient having at least one gene fusion selected fromthe gene fusions listed in Tables 1-3, 19, and 22 at least one drugselected from the drugs listed in Tables 8, 16-17, 21, and 24.

In one embodiment, a method is provided, wherein the method comprisescontacting a nucleic acid sample from a patient with a reaction mixturecomprising a first primer complementary to a first gene and a secondprimer complementary to a second gene, wherein a fusion of the firstgene and the second gene is detectable by the presence of an amplicongenerated by the first primer and the second primer, wherein the fusioncomprises a breakpoint selected from the breakpoints listed in Tables4-6, 20, and 23.

In one embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable program storageunit is provided, the non-transitory computer readable program storageunit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer,perform a method, comprising receiving RNA sequence data from at leastone cancer cell line; running at least one gene fusion caller on thesequence data, to identify possible breakpoints between fused genes inthe processed data; filtering said possible breakpoints, to retaincandidate breakpoints, wherein each candidate breakpoint is in a 5′untranslated region (UTR) or a coding DNA sequence (CDS) of a functionalgene region and each candidate breakpoint does not occur in an intron;and annotating the candidate breakpoints with at least one annotationuseful in determining a relevance of a gene fusion for at least one ofcancer diagnosis, cancer prognosis, or cancer treatment, wherein thegene fusion comprises the candidate breakpoint.

In one embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable program storageunit is provided, the non-transitory computer readable program storageunit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer,perform a method, comprising receiving mutation data from at least onecancer cell line; annotating the mutation data with at least one ofvariant classification, variant position, or variant change, to yieldannotated mutation data; filtering the annotated mutation data, to yieldgene region mutation data; classifying the gene region mutation data ashotspot, deleterious, or other; and nominating a gene comprising thegene region mutation as a gain of function, loss of function, orrecurrent other gene, based on the relative frequency of mutations inthe gene and the classifications of all gene region mutations in thegene.

In one embodiment, a method is provided, the method comprising detectingone or more gene fusions in a sample from a subject, to yield genefusion detection data, wherein at least one of the gene fusions isselected from the gene fusions listed in Tables 1-3, 19, and 22,receiving by a computer system the gene fusion detection data, andidentifying by the computer system at least one therapeutic optionrecommended for the subject, based on the gene fusion detection data.

In one embodiment, a system is provided, the system comprising adetector configured to (i) detect one or more gene fusions in a samplefrom a subject, to yield gene fusion detection data, wherein at leastone of the gene fusions is selected from the gene fusions listed inTables 1-3, 19, and 22 and (ii) transmit the gene fusion detection data;and a computer system configured to receive the gene fusion detectiondata and identify at least one therapeutic option recommended for thesubject, based on the gene fusion detection data.

In another embodiment, a novel TP53 WT gene signature is provided aswell as methods of detecting expression levels of one or more of theTP53 WT gene signature genes in Table 40.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 provides a workflow for gene fusion RNASeq data processing.

FIG. 2 shows the classification scheme for gene variants for Gain ofFunction and Loss of Function genes.

FIG. 3 summarizes the data flow that integrates the various data typesinto a Genetic Event Database (GEDB).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the roll up of genetic events

FIG. 5 is a graph showing the TP53 WT expression signature issignificantly elevated in TP53 WT breast cancer compared to breastcancer samples harboring a TP53 point mutation.

FIG. 6 is a graph showing the TP53 WT expression signature issignificantly elevated in TP53 WT lung cancer compared to lung cancersamples harboring a TP53 mutation.

FIG. 7 is a graph showing the TP53 WT expression signature issignificantly elevated in HP53 WT ovarian cancer compared to ovariancnacer samples harboring a TP53 mutation.

FIG. 8 A-D are graphs depicting is Raw RPKM expression values (A-B) vs.z-score normalized values for PLXNB21 and COL7A1 in Ovarian SerousCarcinoma patients (C-D). The population-wide dips in PLXNB1 expressionat exons 12, 17 and 23 are smoothed out in the normalized data. A samplepredicted to harbor a fusion between these genes, the red diamondindicates the caller-predicted breakpoint exon.

FIGS. 9 A-B is a table of frequent TP53 mutations by amino acidposition. Mutations displayed that occur with overall frequency inpatients of >0.25% in the pan-cancer analysis. A recurrent splice sitemutation was identified at the intron-exon junction affecting T-125

FIGS. 10 A-B is a table of Tp53 in-frame insertion and deletionmutations. The maximum detected in-frame insertion-deletions identifiedwas 21 bp. Greater than 99% of non-transposon indels across the genomeare <100 bp.

FIG. 11 shows an exemplary process for identifying potential cancerdriver genes.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The disclosure provides novel gene fusions and variants, as well asnovel associations of gene fusions and/or gene variants with certaintypes of cancers. Further provided are probes, reaction mixtures, assaysand kits that relate to the gene fusions and/or variants disclosedherein.

Definitions

The term “marker” or “biomarker” refers to a molecule (typicallyprotein, nucleic acid, carbohydrate, or lipid) that is expressed in thecell, expressed on the surface of a cancer cell or secreted by a cancercell in comparison to a non-cancer cell, and which is useful for thediagnosis of cancer, for providing a prognosis, and for preferentialtargeting of a pharmacological agent to the cancer cell. Oftentimes,such markers are molecules that are overexpressed in a cancer cell incomparison to a non-cancer cell, for instance, 1-fold overexpression,2-fold overexpression, 3-fold overexpression or more in comparison to anormal cell. Further, a marker can be a molecule that is inappropriatelysynthesized in the cancer cell, for instance, a molecule that containsdeletions, additions or mutations in comparison to the moleculeexpressed on a normal cell. Alternatively, such biomarkers are moleculesthat are underexpressed in a cancer cell in comparison to a non-cancercell, for instance, 1-fold underexpression, 2-fold underexpression,3-fold underexpression, or more. Further, a marker can be a moleculethat is inappropriately synthesized in cancer, for instance, a moleculethat contains deletions, additions or mutations in comparison to themolecule expressed on a normal cell.

It will be understood by the skilled artisan that markers may be used incombination with other markers or tests for any of the uses, e.g.,prediction, diagnosis, or prognosis of cancer, disclosed herein.

“Biological sample” includes sections of tissues such as biopsy andautopsy samples, and frozen sections taken for histologic purposes. Forexample, the biological sample can include a Fresh-FrozenParaffin-Embedded (FFPE) sample. Alternatively, a biological sample caninclude blood and blood fractions or products (e.g., serum, plasma,platelets, red blood cells, and the like), sputum, bronchoalveolarlavage, cultured cells, e.g., primary cultures, explants, andtransformed cells, stool, urine, etc. A biological sample is typicallyobtained from a eukaryotic organism, most preferably a mammal such as aprimate e.g., chimpanzee or human; cow; dog; cat; a rodent, e.g., guineapig, rat, Mouse; rabbit; or a bird; reptile; or fish.

A “biopsy” refers to the process of removing a tissue sample fordiagnostic or prognostic evaluation, and to the tissue specimen itself.Any biopsy technique known in the art can be applied to the diagnosticand prognostic methods of the present invention. The biopsy techniqueapplied will depend on the tissue type to be evaluated (e.g., lungetc.), the size and type of the tumor, among other factors.Representative biopsy techniques include, but are not limited to,excisional biopsy, incisional biopsy, needle biopsy, surgical biopsy,and bone marrow biopsy. An “excisional biopsy” refers to the removal ofan entire tumor mass with a small margin of normal tissue surroundingit. An “incisional biopsy” refers to the removal of a wedge of tissuefrom within the tumor. A diagnosis or prognosis made by endoscopy orradiographic guidance can require a “core-needle biopsy”, or a“fine-needle aspiration biopsy” which generally obtains a suspension ofcells from within a target tissue. Biopsy techniques are discussed, forexample, in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Kasper, et al.,eds., 16th ed., 2005, Chapter 70, and throughout Part V.

The terms “overexpress,” “overexpression,” or “overexpressed”interchangeably refer to a protein or nucleic acid (RNA) that istranslated or transcribed at a detectably greater level, usually in acancer cell, in comparison to a normal cell. The term includesoverexpression due to transcription, post transcriptional processing,translation, post-translational processing, cellular localization (e.g.,organelle, cytoplasm, nucleus, cell surface), and RNA and proteinstability, as compared to a normal cell. Overexpression can be detectedusing conventional techniques for detecting mRNA (i.e., RT-PCR, PCR,hybridization) or proteins (i.e., ELISA, immunohistochemicaltechniques). Overexpression can be 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%,80%, 90% or more in comparison to a normal cell. In certain instances,overexpression is 1-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold or more higher levelsof transcription or translation in comparison to a normal cell.

The terms “underexpress,” “underexpression,” or “underexpressed” or“downregulated” interchangeably refer to a protein or nucleic acid thatis translated or transcribed at a detectably lower level in a cancercell, in comparison to a normal cell. The term includes underexpressiondue to transcription, post transcriptional processing, translation,post-translational processing, cellular localization (e.g., organelle,cytoplasm, nucleus, cell surface), and RNA and protein stability, ascompared to a control. Underexpression can be detected usingconventional techniques for detecting mRNA (i.e., RT-PCR, PCR,hybridization) or proteins (i.e., ELISA, immunohistochemicaltechniques). Underexpression can be 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%,80%, 90% or less in comparison to a control. In certain instances,underexpression is 1-fold, 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold or more lower levelsof transcription or translation in comparison to a control.

The term “differentially expressed” or “differentially regulated” refersgenerally to a protein or nucleic acid that is overexpressed(upregulated) or underexpressed (downregulated) in one sample comparedto at least one other sample, generally in a cancer patient compared toa sample of non-cancerous tissue in the context of the presentinvention.

The term “system” sets forth a set of components, real or abstract,comprising a whole where each component interacts with or is related toat least one other component within the whole.

The terms “polypeptide,” “peptide” and “protein” are usedinterchangeably herein to refer to a polymer of amino acid residues. Theterms apply to amino acid polymers in which one or more amino acidresidue is an artificial chemical mimetic of a corresponding naturallyoccurring amino acid, as well as to naturally occurring amino acidpolymers and non-naturally occurring amino acid polymer.

The term “amino acid” refers to naturally occurring and synthetic aminoacids, as well as amino acid analogs and amino acid mimetics thatfunction in a manner similar to the naturally occurring amino acids.Naturally occurring amino acids are those encoded by the genetic code,as well as those amino acids that are later modified, e.g.,hydroxyproline, γ-carboxyglutamate, and O-phosphoserine. Amino acidanalogs refers to compounds that have the same basic chemical structureas a naturally occurring amino acid, i.e., a carbon that is bound to ahydrogen, a carboxyl group, an amino group, and an R group, e.g.,homoserine, norleucine, methionine sulfoxide, methionine methylsulfonium. Such analogs have modified R groups (e.g., norleucine) ormodified peptide backbones, but retain the same basic chemical structureas a naturally occurring amino acid. Amino acid mimetics refer tochemical compounds that have a structure that is different from thegeneral chemical structure of an amino acid, but that functions in amanner similar to a naturally occurring amino acid.

Amino acids may be referred to herein by either their commonly knownthree letter symbols or by the one-letter symbols recommended by theIUPAC-IUB Biochemical Nomenclature Commission. Nucleotides, likewise,may be referred to by their commonly accepted single-letter codes.

As to amino acid sequences, one of skill will recognize that individualsubstitutions, deletions or additions to a nucleic acid, peptide,polypeptide, or protein sequence which alters, adds or deletes a singleamino acid or a small percentage of amino acids in the encoded sequenceis a “conservatively modified variant” where the alteration results inthe substitution of an amino acid with a chemically similar amino acid.Conservative substitution tables providing functionally similar aminoacids are well known in the art. Such conservatively modified variantsare in addition to and do not exclude polymorphic variants, interspecieshomologs, and alleles of the invention.

The following eight groups each contain amino acids that areconservative substitutions for one another: 1) Alanine (A), Glycine (G);2) Aspartic acid (D), Glutamic acid (E); 3) Asparagine (N), Glutamine(Q); 4) Arginine (R), Lysine (K); 5) Isoleucine (I), Leucine (L),Methionine (M), Valine (V); 6) Phenylalanine (F), Tyrosine (Y),Tryptophan (W); 7) Serino (S), Threonine (T); and 8) Cysteine (C),Methionine (M). See, e.g., Creighton, Proteins (1984).

The phrase “specifically (or selectively) binds” when referring to aprotein, nucleic acid, antibody, or small molecule compound refers to abinding reaction that is determinative of the presence of the protein ornucleic acid, such as the differentially expressed genes of the presentinvention, often in a heterogeneous population of proteins or nucleicacids and other biologics. In the case of antibodies, under designatedimmunoassay conditions, a specified antibody may bind to a particularprotein at least two times the background and more typically more than10 to 100 times background. Specific binding to an antibody under suchconditions requires an antibody that is selected for its specificity fora particular protein. For example, polyclonal antibodies can be selectedto obtain only those polyclonal antibodies that are specificallyimmunoreactive with the selected antigen and not with other proteins.This selection may be achieved by subtracting out antibodies thatcross-react with other molecules. A variety of immunoassay formats maybe used to select antibodies specifically immunoreactive with aparticular protein. For example, solid-phase ELISA immunoassays areroutinely used to select antibodies specifically immunoreactive with aprotein (see, e.g., Harlow & Lane, Antibodies, A Laboratory Manual(1988) for a description of immunoassay formats and conditions that canbe used to determine specific immunoreactivity).

The phrase “functional effects” in the context of assays for testingcompounds that modulate a marker protein includes the determination of aparameter that is indirectly or directly under the influence of abiomarker of the invention, e.g., a chemical or phenotypic. A functionaleffect therefore includes ligand binding activity, transcriptionalactivation or repression, the ability of cells to proliferate, theability to migrate, among others. “Functional effects” include in vitro,in vivo, and ex vivo activities.

By “determining the functional effect” is meant assaying for a compoundthat increases or decreases a parameter that is indirectly or directlyunder the influence of a biomarker of the invention, e.g., measuringphysical and chemical or phenotypic effects. Such functional effects canbe measured by any means known to those skilled in the art, e.g.,changes in spectroscopic characteristics (e.g., fluorescence,absorbance, refractive index); hydrodynamic (e.g., shape),chromatographic; or solubility properties for the protein; ligandbinding assays, e.g., binding to antibodies; measuring inducible markersor transcriptional activation of the marker; measuring changes inenzymatic activity; the ability to increase or decrease cellularproliferation, apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, measuring changes in cellsurface markers. The functional effects can be evaluated by many meansknown to those skilled in the art, e.g., microscopy for quantitative orqualitative measures of alterations in morphological features,measurement of changes in RNA or protein levels for other genesexpressed in placental tissue, measurement of RNA stability,identification of downstream or reporter gene expression (CAT,luciferase, β-gal, GFP and the like), e.g., via chemiluminescence,fluorescence, colorimetric reactions, antibody binding, induciblemarkers, etc.

“Inhibitors,” “activators,” and “modulators” of the markers are used torefer to activating, inhibitory, or modulating molecules identifiedusing in vitro and in vivo assays of cancer biomarkers. Inhibitors arecompounds that, e.g., bind to, partially or totally block activity,decrease, prevent, delay activation, inactivate, desensitize, or downregulate the activity or expression of cancer biomarkers. “Activators”are compounds that increase, open, activate, facilitate, enhanceactivation, sensitize, agonize, or up regulate activity of cancerbiomarkers, e.g., agonists. Inhibitors, activators, or modulators alsoinclude genetically modified versions of cancer biomarkers, e.g.,versions with altered activity, as well as naturally occurring andsynthetic ligands, antagonists, agonists, antibodies, peptides, cyclicpeptides, nucleic acids, antisense molecules, ribozymes, RNAi and siRNAmolecules, small organic molecules and the like. Such assays forinhibitors and activators include, e.g., expressing cancer biomarkers invitro, in cells, or cell extracts, applying putative modulatorcompounds, and then determining the functional effects on activity, asdescribed above.

A “probe” or “probes” refers to a polynucleotide that is at least eight(8) nucleotides in length and which forms a hybrid structure with atarget sequence, due to complementarity of at least one sequence in theprobe with a sequence in the target region. The polynucleotide can becomposed of DNA and/or RNA. Probes in certain embodiments, aredetectably labeled, as discussed in more detail herein. Probes can varysignificantly in size. Generally, probes are, for example, at least 8 to15 nucleotides in length. Other probes are, for example, at least 20, 30or 40 nucleotides long. Still other probes are somewhat longer, being atleast, for example, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 nucleotides long. Yet otherprobes are longer still, and are at least, for example, 100, 150, 200 ormore nucleotides long. Probes can be of any specific length that fallswithin the foregoing ranges as well. Preferably, the probe does notcontain a sequence complementary to the sequence(s) used to prime for atarget sequence during the polymerase chain reaction.

The terms “complementary” or “complementarity” are used in reference topolynucleotides (that is, a sequence of nucleotides) related by thebase-pairing rules. For example, the sequence “A-G-T,” is complementaryto the sequence “T-C-A.” Complementarity may be “partial,” in which onlysome of the nucleic acids' bases are matched according to the basepairing rules. Alternatively, there may be “complete” or “total”complementarity between the nucleic acids. The degree of complementaritybetween nucleic acid strands has significant effects on the efficiencyand strength of hybridization between nucleic acid strands.

“Oligonucleotide” or “polynucleotide” refers to a polymeric form ofnucleotides of any length, either deoxyribonucleotide or ribonucleotide.These terms include, but are not limited to, a single-, double- ortriple-stranded DNA, genomic DNA, cDNA, RNA, DNA-RNA hybrid, or apolymer comprising purine and pyrimidine bases or other naturalchemically, biochemically modified non-natural or derivatized nucleotidebases.

“Amplification detection assay” refers to a primer pair and matchedprobe wherein the primer pair flanks a region of a target nucleic acid,typically a target gene, that defines an amplicon, and wherein the probebinds to the amplicon.

The terms “genetic variant” and “nucleotide variant” are used hereininterchangeably to refer to changes or alterations to the referencehuman gene or cDNA sequence at a particular locus, including, but notlimited to, nucleotide base deletions, insertions, inversions, andsubstitutions in the coding and noncoding regions. Deletions may be of asingle nucleotide base, a portion or a region of the nucleotide sequenceof the gene, or of the entire gene sequence. Insertions may be of one ormore nucleotide bases. The “genetic variant” or “nucleotide variant” mayoccur in transcriptional regulatory regions, untranslated regions ofmRNA, exons, introns, or exon/intron junctions. The “genetic variant” or“nucleotide variant” may or may not result in stop codons, frame shifts,deletions of amino acids, altered gene transcript splice forms oraltered amino acid sequence.

The term “gene” refers to a polynucleotide (e.g., a DNA segment), thatencodes a polypeptide and includes regions preceding and following thecoding regions as well as intervening sequences (introns) betweenindividual coding segments (exons). Parent genes or protein sequencesare presented as Entrez Gene IDs or accession numbers. For example, theZNF479 Entrez Gene ID is 90827. If any changes have been made to thesequence in the Gene ID in Entrez, the change is indicated after theGene ID with a decimal and the number of the change (e.g., 90827.1).Further, for example, TPM1 has the accession number NM_004304.

The term “allele” or “gene allele” is used herein to refer generally toa naturally occurring gene having a reference sequence or a genecontaining a specific nucleotide variant.

As used herein, “haplotype” is a combination of genetic (nucleotide)variants in a region of an mRNA or a genomic DNA on a chromosome foundin an individual. Thus, a haplotype includes a number of geneticallylinked polymorphic variants which are typically inherited together as aunit.

As used herein, the term “amino acid variant” is used to refer to anamino acid change to a reference human protein sequence resulting from“genetic variant” or “nucleotide variant” to the reference human geneencoding the reference protein. The term “amino acid variant” isintended to encompass not only single amino acid substitutions, but alsoamino acid deletions, insertions, and other significant changes of aminoacid sequence in the reference protein. Variants of the invention aredescribed by the following nomenclature: [original amino acidresidue/position/substituted amino acid residue]. For example, thesubstitution of leucine for arginine at position 76 is represented asR76L.

The term “genotype” as used herein means the nucleotide characters at aparticular nucleotide variant marker (or locus) in either one allele orboth alleles of a gene (or a particular chromosome region). With respectto a particular nucleotide position of a gene of interest, thenucleotide(s) at that locus or equivalent thereof in one or both allelesform the genotype of the gene at that locus. A genotype can behomozygous or heterozygous. Accordingly, “genotyping” means determiningthe genotype, that is, the nucleotide(s) at a particular gene locus.Genotyping can also be done by determining the amino acid variant at aparticular position of a protein which can be used to deduce thecorresponding nucleotide variant (s).

A set of probes typically refers to a set of primers, usually primerpairs, and/or detectably-labeled probes that are used to detect thetarget genetic variations. The primer pairs are used in an amplificationreaction to define an amplicon that spans a region for a target geneticvariation for each of the aforementioned genes. The set of amplicons aredetected by a set of matched probes. In an exemplary embodiment, theinvention is a set of TaqMan™ (Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton,Calif.) assays that are used to detect a set of target geneticvariations used in the methods of the invention.

In one embodiment, the set of probes are a set of primers used togenerate amplicons that are detected by a nucleic acid sequencingreaction, such as a next generation sequencing reaction. In theseembodiments, for example, AmpIiSEQ™ (Life Technologies/Ion Torrent,Carlsbad, Calif.) or TruSEQ™ (Illumina, San Diego, Calif.) technologycan be employed. In other embodiments, the two or more probes are primerpairs.

A modified ribonucleotide or deoxyribonucleotide refers to a moleculethat can be used in place of naturally occurring bases in nucleic acidand includes, but is not limited to, modified purines and pyrimidines,minor bases, convertible nucleosides, structural analogs of purines andpyrimidines, labeled, derivatized and modified nucleosides andnucleotides, conjugated nucleosides and nucleotides, sequence modifiers,terminus modifiers, spacer modifiers, and nucleotides with backbonemodifications, including, but not limited to, ribose-modifiednucleotides, phosphoramidates, phosphorothioates, phosphonamidites,methyl phosphonates, methyl phosp7horamidites, methyl phosphonamidites,5′β-cyanoethyl phosphoramidites, methylenephosphonates,phosphorodithioates, peptide nucleic acids, achiral and neutralinternucleotidic linkages.

“Hybridize” or “hybridization” refers to the binding between nucleicacids. The conditions for hybridization can be varied according to thesequence homology of the nucleic acids to be bound. Thus, if thesequence homology between the subject nucleic acids is high, stringentconditions are used. If the sequence homology is low, mild conditionsare used. When the hybridization conditions are stringent, thehybridization specificity increases, and this increase of thehybridization specificity leads to a decrease in the yield ofnon-specific hybridization products. However, under mild hybridizationconditions, the hybridization specificity decreases, and this decreasein the hybridization specificity leads to an increase in the yield ofnon-specific hybridization products.

“Stringent conditions” refers to conditions under which a probe willhybridize to its target subsequence, typically in a complex mixture ofnucleic acids, but to no other sequences. Stringent conditions aresequence-dependent and will be different in different circumstances.Longer sequences hybridize specifically at higher temperatures. Anextensive guide to the hybridization of nucleic acids is found inTijssen, Techniques in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology—Hybridizationwith Nucleic Probes, “Overview of principles of hybridization and thestrategy of nucleic acid assays” (1993). Generally, stringent conditionsare selected to be about 5-10° C. lower than the thermal melting point(T_(m)) for the specific sequence at a defined ionic strength pH. TheT_(m) is the temperature (under defined ionic strength, pH, and nucleicconcentration) at which 50% of the probes complementary to the targethybridize to the target sequence at equilibrium (as the target sequencesare present in excess, at T_(m), 50% of the probes are occupied atequilibrium). Stringent conditions may also be achieved with theaddition of destabilizing agents such as formamide. For selective orspecific hybridization, a positive signal is at least two timesbackground, preferably 10 times background hybridization. Exemplarystringent hybridization conditions can be as following: 50% formamide,5×SSC, and 1% SDS, incubating at 42° C., or, 5×SSC, 1% SDS, incubatingat 65° C., with wash in 0.2×SSC, and 0.1% SDS at 65° C.

Nucleic acids that do not hybridize to each other under stringentconditions are still substantially identical if the polypeptides whichthey encode are substantially identical. This occurs, for example, whena copy of a nucleic acid is created using the maximum codon degeneracypermitted by the genetic code. In such cases, the nucleic acidstypically hybridize under moderately stringent hybridization conditions.Exemplary “moderately stringent hybridization conditions” include ahybridization in a buffer of 40% formamide, 1 M NaC1, 1% SDS at 37° C.,and a wash in 1×SSC at 45° C. A positive hybridization is at least twicebackground. Those of ordinary skill will readily recognize thatalternative hybridization and wash conditions can be utilized to provideconditions of similar stringency. Additional guidelines for determininghybridization parameters are provided in numerous reference, e.g., andCurrent Protocols in Molecular Biology, ed.

Hybridization between nucleic acids can occur between a DNA molecule anda DNA molecule, hybridization between a DNA molecule and a RNA molecule,and hybridization between a RNA molecule and a RNA molecule.

A “mutein” or “variant” refers to a polynucleotide or polypeptide thatdiffers relative to a wild-type or the most prevalent form in apopulation of individuals by the exchange, deletion, or insertion of oneor more nucleotides or amino acids, respectively. The number ofnucleotides or amino acids exchanged, deleted, or inserted can be 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 or moresuch as 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 or 50. The term mutein can also encompass atranslocation, for example the fusion of the polypeptides encoded by theALK and TPM1 genes (TPM1/ALK).

“Gene fusion” refers to a chimeric genomic DNA resulting from the fusionof at least a portion of a first gene to a portion of a second gene. Thepoint of transition between the sequence from the first gene in thefusion to the sequence from the second gene in the fusion is referred toas the “breakpoint” or “fusion point.”

Transcription of the gene fusion results in a chimeric mRNA.

“Single nucleotide polymorphism” or “SNP” refers to a DNA sequencevariation that occurs when a single nucleotide (A, T, G, or C) in thegenome differs between members of a biological species or pairedchromosomes in a human.

“Mutation” is defined herein as a specific change at a genomic location,i.e.: Chromosome, start, stop, reference base, alternate base, varianttype (SNP, INS, DEL) etc.

“Annotation” is defined herein as a transcript-specific set ofproperties that describe the effect of the mutation, i.e.: Gene,transcript, variant classification, variant change, variant codonposition, etc.

A “primer” or “primer sequence” refers to an oligonucleotide thathybridizes to a target nucleic acid sequence (for example, a DNAtemplate to be amplified) to prime a nucleic acid synthesis reaction.The primer may be a DNA oligonucleotide, a RNA oligonucleotide, or achimeric sequence. The primer may contain natural, synthetic, ormodified nucleotides. Both the upper and lower limits of the length ofthe primer are empirically determined. The lower limit on primer lengthis the minimum length that is required to form a stable duplex uponhybridization with the target nucleic acid under nucleic acidamplification reaction conditions. Very short primers (usually less than3-4 nucleotides long) do not form thermodynamically stable duplexes withtarget nucleic acids under such hybridization conditions. The upperlimit is often determined by the possibility of having a duplexformation in a region other than the pre-determined nucleic acidsequence in the target nucleic acid. Generally, suitable primer lengthsare in the range of about 10 to about 40 nucleotides long. In certainembodiments, for example, a primer can be 10-40, 15-30, or 10-20nucleotides long. A primer is capable of acting as a point of initiationof synthesis on a polynucleotide sequence when placed under appropriateconditions.

The primer will be completely or substantially complementary to a regionof the target polynucleotide sequence to be copied. Therefore, underconditions conducive to hybridization, the primer will anneal to thecomplementary region of the target sequence. Upon addition of suitablereactants, including, but not limited to, a polymerase, nucleotidetriphosphates, etc., the primer is extended by the polymerizing agent toform a copy of the target sequence. The primer may be single-stranded oralternatively may be partially double-stranded.

“Detection,” “detectable” and grammatical equivalents thereof refers toways of determining the presence and/or quantity and/or identity of atarget nucleic acid sequence. In some embodiments, detection occursamplifying the target nucleic acid sequence. In other embodiments,sequencing of the target nucleic acid can be characterized as“detecting” the target nucleic acid. A label attached to the probe caninclude any of a variety of different labels known in the art that canbe detected by, for example, chemical or physical means. Labels that canbe attached to probes may include, for example, fluorescent andluminescence materials.

“Amplifying,” “amplification,” and grammatical equivalents thereofrefers to any method by which at least a part of a target nucleic acidsequence is reproduced in a template-dependent manner, including withoutlimitation, a broad range of techniques for amplifying nucleic acidsequences, either linearly or exponentially. Exemplary means forperforming an amplifying step include ligase chain reaction (LCR),ligase detection reaction (LDR), ligation followed by Q-replicaseamplification, PCR, primer extension, strand displacement amplification(SDA), hyperbranched strand displacement amplification, multipledisplacement amplification (MDA), nucleic acid strand-basedamplification (NASBA), two-step multiplexed amplifications, rollingcircle amplification (RCA), recombinase-polymerase amplification(RPA)(TwistDx, Cambridg, UK), and self-sustained sequence replication(3SR), including multiplex versions or combinations thereof, for examplebut not limited to, OLA/PCR, PCR/OLA, LDR/PCR, PCR/PCR/LDR, PCR/LDR,LCR/PCR, PCR/LCR (also known as combined chain reaction-CCR), and thelike. Descriptions of such techniques can be found in, among otherplaces, Sambrook et al. Molecular Cloning, 3^(rd) Edition; Ausbel etal.; PCR Primer: A Laboratory Manual, Diffenbach, Ed., Cold SpringHarbor Press (1995); The Electronic Protocol Book, Chang Bioscience(2002), Msuih et al., J. Clin. Micro. 34:501-07 (1996); The Nucleic AcidProtocols Handbook, R. Rapley, ed., Humana Press, Totowa, N.J. (2002).

Analysis of nucleic acid markers can be performed using techniques knownin the art including, without limitation, sequence analysis, andelectrophoretic analysis. Non-limiting examples of sequence analysisinclude Maxam-Gilbert sequencing, Sanger sequencing, capillary array DNAsequencing, thermal cycle sequencing (Sears et al., Biotechniques,13:626-633 (1992)), solid-phase sequencing (Zimmerman et al., MethodsMol. Cell Biol., 3:39-42 (1992)), sequencing with mass spectrometry suchas matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight massspectrometry (MALDI-TOF/MS; Fu et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 16:381-384(1998)), and sequencing by hybridization. Chee et al., Science,274:610-614 (1996); Drmanac et al., Science, 260:1649-1652 (1993);Drmanac et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 16:54-58 (1998). Non-limiting examplesof electrophoretic analysis include slab gel electrophoresis such asagarose or polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, capillaryelectrophoresis, and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.Additionally, next generation sequencing methods can be performed usingcommercially available kits and instruments from companies such as theLife Technologies/Ion Torrent PGM or Proton, the Illumina HiSEQ orMiSEQ, and the Roche/454 next generation sequencing system.

In some embodiments, the amount of probe that gives a fluorescent signalin response to an excited light typically relates to the amount ofnucleic acid produced in the amplification reaction. Thus, in someembodiments, the amount of fluorescent signal is related to the amountof product created in the amplification reaction. In such embodiments,one can therefore measure the amount of amplification product bymeasuring the intensity of the fluorescent signal from the fluorescentindicator.

“Detectably labeled probe” or “detector probe” refers to a molecule usedin an amplification reaction, typically for quantitative or real-timePCR analysis, as well as end-point analysis. Such detector probes can beused to monitor the amplification of the target nucleic acid sequence.In some embodiments, detector probes present in an amplificationreaction are suitable for monitoring the amount of amplicon(s) producedas a function of time. Such detector probes include, but are not limitedto, the 5′-exonuclease assay (TAQMAN® probes described herein (see alsoU.S. Pat. No. 5,538,848) various stem-loop molecular beacons (see forexample, U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,103,476 and 5,925,517 and Tyagi and Kramer,1996, Nature Biotechnology 14:303-308), stemless or linear beacons (see,e.g., WO 99/21881), PNA Molecular Beacons™ (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos.6,355,421 and 6,593,091), linear PNA beacons (see, for example, Kubistaet al., 2001, SPIE 4264:53-58), non-FRET probes (see, for example, U.S.Pat. No. 6,150,097), Sunrise®/Amplifluor™ probes (U.S. Pat. No.6,548,250), stem-loop and duplex Scorpion probes (Solinas et al., 2001,Nucleic Acids Research 29:E96 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,589,743), bulge loopprobes (U.S. Pat. No. 6,590,091), pseudo knot probes (U.S. Pat. No.6,589,250), cyclicons (U.S. Pat. No. 6,383,752), MGB Eclipse™ probe(Epoch Biosciences), hairpin probes (U.S. Pat. No. 6,596,490), peptidenucleic acid (PNA) light-up probes, self-assembled nanoparticle probes,and ferrocene-modified probes described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No.6,485,901; Mhlanga et al., 2001, Methods 25:463-471; Whitcombe et al.,1999, Nature Biotechnology. 17:804-807; Isacsson et al., 2000, MolecularCell Probes. 14:321-328; Svanvik et al., 2000, Anal Biochem. 281:26-35;Wolffs et al., 2001, Biotechniques 766:769-771; Tsourkas et al., 2002,Nucleic Acids Research. 30:4208-4215; Riccelli et al., 2002, NucleicAcids Research 30:4088-4093; Zhang et al., 2002 Shanghai. 34:329-332;Maxwell et al., 2002, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124:9606-9612; Broude et al.,2002, Trends Biotechnol. 20:249-56; Huang et al., 2002, Chem. Res.Toxicol. 15:118-126; and Yu et al., 2001, J. Am. Chem. Soc14:11155-11161.

Detector probes can also include quenchers, including without limitationblack hole quenchers (Biosearch), Iowa Black (IDT), QSY quencher(Molecular Probes), and Dabsyl and Dabcel sulfonate/carboxylateQuenchers (Epoch).

Detector probes can also include two probes, wherein for example a fluoris on one probe, and a quencher is on the other probe, whereinhybridization of the two probes together on a target quenches thesignal, or wherein hybridization on the target alters the signalsignature via a change in fluorescence. Detector probes can alsocomprise sulfonate derivatives of fluorescenin dyes with SO₃ instead ofthe carboxylate group, phosphoramidite forms of fluorescein,phosphoramidite forms of CY 5 (commercially available for example fromAmersham). In some embodiments, interchelating labels are used such asethidium bromide, SYBR® Green I (Molecular Probes), and PicoGreen®(Molecular Probes), thereby allowing visualization in real-time, or endpoint, of an amplification product in the absence of a detector probe.In some embodiments, real-time visualization can comprise both anintercalating detector probe and a sequence-based detector probe can beemployed. In some embodiments, the detector probe is at least partiallyquenched when not hybridized to a complementary sequence in theamplification reaction, and is at least partially unquenched whenhybridized to a complementary sequence in the amplification reaction. Insome embodiments, the detector probes of the present teachings have a Tmof 63-69° C., though it will be appreciated that guided by the presentteachings routine experimentation can result in detector probes withother Tms. In some embodiments, probes can further comprise variousmodifications such as a minor groove binder (see for example U.S. Pat.No. 6,486,308) to further provide desirable thermodynamiccharacteristics.

In some embodiments, detection can occur through any of a variety ofmobility dependent analytical techniques based on differential rates ofmigration between different analyte species. Exemplarymobility-dependent analysis techniques include electrophoresis,chromatography, mass spectroscopy, sedimentation, for example, gradientcentrifugation, field-flow fractionation, multi-stage extractiontechniques, and the like. In some embodiments, mobility probes can behybridized to amplification products, and the identity of the targetnucleic acid sequence determined via a mobility dependent analysistechnique of the eluted mobility probes, as described for example inPublished P.C.T. Application WO04/46344 to Rosenblum et al., andWO01/92579 to Wenz et al. In some embodiments, detection can be achievedby various microarrays and related software such as the AppliedBiosystems Array System with the Applied Biosystems 1700Chemiluminescent Microarray Analyzer and other commercially availablearray systems available from Affymetrix, Agilent, Illumina, and AmershamBiosciences, among others (see also Gerry et al., J. Mol. Biol.292:251-62, 1999; De Bellis et al., Minerva Biotec 14:247-52, 2002; andStears et al., Nat. Med. 9:14045, including supplements, 2003). It willalso be appreciated that detection can comprise reporter groups that areincorporated into the reaction products, either as part of labeledprimers or due to the incorporation of labeled dNTPs during anamplification, or attached to reaction products, for example but notlimited to, via hybridization tag complements comprising reporter groupsor via linker arms that are integral or attached to reaction products.Detection of unlabeled reaction products, for example using massspectrometry, is also within the scope of the current teachings.

“Aberration” Means a genomic structural variation or alteration of DNA.Examples include: over-/under-expression; copy numberamplification/deletion; mutation; gene fusion; etc.

“Driver Event” means a genomic aberration, representing a Gain ofFunction (GoF) mutation, a fusion, or copy number peak.

“Recurrent” means ccurrence of an event in 3 or more tumor samples.

“Mitelman” means a database of Chromosome Aberrations and Gene Fusionsin Cancer manually curated from literature. goo.gl/PnXMT

Gene Fusions

TABLE 1 Gene Fusions Gene A Gene B Druggable Cancer Type Symbol Symbolorientation gene Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma ALK TPM1 TPM1/ALK ALKColon Adenocarcinoma ALK PRKAR1A PRKAR1A/ALK ALK Cutaneous Melanoma ALKNCOA1 NCOA1/ALK ALK Ovarian Serous Cystadenocarcinoma CASR LPP LPP/CASRCASR Glioblastoma EGFR MDM2 MDM2/EGFR EGFR Lower Grade Glioma ELAVL3FGFR3 FGFR3/ELAVL3 FGFR3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia B2M GNAS B2M/GNAS GNASClear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma DOCK8 JAK2 DOCK8/JAK2 JAK2 PapillaryRenal Cell Carcinoma HNF1B NOTCH1 HNF1B/NOTCH1 NOTCH1 Glioblastoma NFASCNTRK1 NFASC/NTRK1 NTRK1 Thyroid Gland Carcinoma NTRK1 SSBP2 SSBP2/NTRK1NTRK1 Thyroid Gland Carcinoma NTRK1 SQSTM1 SQSTM1/NTRK1 NTRK1 ProstateAdenocarcinoma PIK3CA TBL1XR1 TBL1XR1/PIK3CA PIK3CA Thyroid GlandCarcinoma AKAP13 RET AKAP13/RET RET Thyroid Gland Carcinoma FKBP15 RETFKBP15/RET RET Thyroid Gland Carcinoma RET TBL1XR1 TBL1XR1/RET RETGlioblastoma CEP85L ROS1 CEP85L/ROS1 ROS1 Thyroid Gland Carcinoma ALKGTF2IRD1 GTF2IRD1/ALK ALK Ovarian Serous Cystadenocarcinoma BRS3 HTATSF1HTATSF1/BRS3 BRS3 Invasive Breast Carcinoma CCDC132 CDH1 CDH1/CCDC132;CDH1 CCDC132/CDH1 Invasive Breast Carcinoma ERBB2 SLC29A3 ERBB2/SLC29A3ERBB2 Thyroid Gland Carcinoma MET TFG MET/TFG; MET TFG/MET OvarianSerous Cystadenocarcinoma MNDA NOTCH2 NOTCH2/MNDA NOTCH2 Thyroid GlandCarcinoma IRF2BP2 NTRK1 IRF2BP2/NTRK1 NTRK1 Ovarian SerousCystadenocarcinoma EIF2C2 PTK2 EIF2C2/PTK2 PTK2 Invasive BreastCarcinoma HOXB3 RARA RARA/HOXB3 RARA Prostate Adenocarcinoma ETV4 STAT3STAT3/ETV4 STAT3 Invasive Breast Carcinoma C17orf64 TOP1 TOP1/C17orf64TOP1 Prostate Adenocarcinoma KIAA0753 TP53 TP53/KIAA0753 TP53Glioblastoma GFAP VIM GFAP/VIM; VIM VIM/GFAP Thyroid Gland Carcinoma LTKUACA UACA/LTK LTK Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma ALK STRN STRN/ALK ALKThyroid Gland Carcinoma ALK STRN STRN/ALK ALK Cutaneous Melanoma BRAFCDC27 CDC27/BRAF BRAF Thyroid Gland Carcinoma BRAF MACF1 MACF1/BRAF BRAFThyroid Gland Carcinoma BRAF MKRN1 MKRN1/BRAF BRAF Cutaneous MelanomaBRAF TAX1BP1 TAX1BP1/BRAF BRAF Prostate Adenocarcinoma BRAF JHDM1DJHDM1D/BRAF BRAF

TABLE 2 Gene Fusions Gene A Gene B Druggable Cancer Type Symbol SymbolOrientation gene Cutaneous Melanoma CLCN6 RAF1 CLCN6/RAF1 RAF1 CutaneousMelanoma TRAK1 RAF1 TRAK/RAF1 RAF1 Colon Adenocarcinoma AKT1 PRKACAPRKACA/AKT1 AKT1 Endometrial Endometrioid AKT1 PRKACA PRKACA/AKT1 AKT1Adenocarcinoma Colon Adenocarcinoma AKT2 PRKACA PRKACA/AKT2 AKT2 LungAdenocarcinoma FYN MLL MLL/FYN FYN Lung Adenocarcinoma ECHD1 FYNECHD1/FYN FYN Invasive Breast Carcinoma JAK2 TTC13 TTC13/JAK2 JAK2Gastric Adenocarcinoma CAB39 ERBB2 CAB39/ERBB2 ERBB2 EndometrialEndometrioid BRAF EXOC4 EXOC4/BRAF BRAF Adenocarcinoma Invasive BreastCarcinoma HOOK3 IKBKB HOOK3/IKBKB IKBKB Invasive Breast Carcinoma CDK6KRIT1 KRIT1/CDK6 CDK6 Gastric Adenocarcinoma CAPZA2 MET CAPZA2/MET METInvasive Breast Carcinoma ACE MLLT6 MLLT6/ACE ACE EndometrialEndometrioid HLA-C MUC16 HLA-C/MUC16 MUC16 Adenocarcinoma Head and NeckSquamous LYN NTRK3 LYN/NTRK3 LYN, Cell Carcinoma NTRK3 Ovarian SerousMUC16 OR7G2 MUC16/OR7G2 MUC16 Cystadenocarcinoma Ovarian Serous MDKRAB11B RAB11B/MDK MDK Cystadenocarcinoma Squamous Cell Lung GADD45GIP1RB1 RB1/GADD45GIP1 RB1 Carcinoma Gastric Adenocarcinoma PRKAR2A RHOAPRKAR2A/RHOA RHOA Cutaneous Melanoma MAPK1 SHANK3 SHANK3/MAPK1 MAPK1Thyroid Gland Carcinoma RET SPECC1L SPECC1L/RET RET Ovarian SerousIGFBP2 SPP1 IGFBP2/SPP1 IGFBP2, Cystadenocarcinoma SPP1 Invasive BreastCarcinoma PAPD7 SRD5A1 PAPD7/SRD5A1; SRD5A1 SRD5A1/PAPD7 GlioblastomaRARA TAOK1 TAOK1/RARA RARA Gastric Adenocarcinoma CDK12 THRA THRA/CDK12THRA Invasive Breast Carcinoma NARS2 TOP1 NARS2/TOP1 TOP1 GastricAdenocarcinoma PTK2 TRAPPC9 PTK2/TRAPPC9; PTK2 TRAPPC9/PTK2 InvasiveBreast Carcinoma CBL UBE4A CBL/UBE4A CBL Lower Grade Glioma GFAP VIMGFAP/VIM; VIM VIM/GFAP Invasive Breast Carcinoma ADAM9 WRN WRN/ADAM9ADAM9 Colon and Rectal MAP2K2 YWHAE YWHAE/MAP2K2 MAP2K2 AdenocarcinomaHead and Neck Squamous ALK CLIP4 CLIP4/ALK ALK Cell Carcinoma SquamousCell Lung ALK CLIP4 CLIP4/ALK ALK Carcinoma Thyroid Gland Carcinoma ALKMEMO1 MEMO1/ALK ALK Thyroid Gland Carcinoma BRAF SND1 BRAF/SND1;SND1/BRAF BRAF Thyroid Gland Carcinoma BRAF ZC3HAV1 ZC3HAV1/BRAF BRAF

TABLE 3 Gene Fusions Gene A Gene B Druggable Cancer type Cancer TypeSymbol Symbol orientation gene precedent Thyroid Gland NOTCH1 SEC16ASEC16A- NOTCH1 breast cancer Carcinoma NOTCH1 Invasive Breast ERC1 RETERC1-RET RET thyroid cancer Carcinoma Ovarian Serous CCDC170 ESR1ESR1/CCDC170 ESR1 Invasive Breast Cystadenocarcinoma Carcinoma Head andNeck RPS6KB1 VMP1 RPS6KB1/VMP1; RPS6KB1 Invasive Breast Squamous CellVMP1/RPS6KB1 Carcinoma Carcinoma Lung Adenocarcinoma RPS6KB1 VMP1RPS6KB1/VMP1 RPS6KB1 Invasive Breast Carcinoma Squamous Cell LungRPS6KB1 VMP1 RPS6KB1/VMP1 RPS6KB1 Invasive Breast Carcinoma CarcinomaOvarian Serous RPS6KB1 VMP1 RPS6KB1/VMP1 RPS6KB1 Invasive BreastCystadenocarcinoma Carcinoma Cutaneous Melanoma RPS6KB1 VMP1RPS6KB1/VMP1 RPS6KB1 Invasive Breast Carcinoma Gastric RPS6KB1 VMP1RPS6KB1/VMP1 RPS6KB1 Invasive Breast Adenocarcinoma Carcinoma

TABLE 4 Breakpoint Sequence for Table 1 Table 4 3′ Fusion 5′ Gene5′ Gene 5′ Gene Gene 3′ Gene 3′ Name Chromosome Symbol 5′ AccessionBreakpoint Chrom Symbol Accession TPM1/ALK chr15 TPM1 NM_00036663,354,844 chr2 ALK NM_004304 PRKAR1/ALK chr17 PRKAR1A NM_00273466,511,717 chr2 ALK NM_004304 NCOA1/ALK chr2 NCOA1 NM_003743 24,991,142chr2 ALK NM_004304 LPP/CASA chr3 LPP NM_005578 188,202,492 chr3 CASRNM_000388 MDM2/EGFR chr12 MDM2 NM_002392 69,203,072 chr7 EGFR NM_005228FGFR3/ELAVL3 chr4 FGFR3 NM_000142 1,808,638 chr19 ELAVL3 NM_001420 B2M/chr15 B2M NM_004048 45,003,811 chr20 GNAS NM_000516 GNAS DOCK8/JAK2 chr9DOCK8 NM_203447 340,321 chr9 JAK2 NM_004972 HNF1B/NOTCH1 chr17 HNF1BNM_000458 36,099,431 chr9 NOTCH1 NM_017617 NFASC/NTRK1 chr1 NFASCNM_015090 204,951,148 chr1 NTRK1 NM_002529 SSBP2/NTRK1 chr5 SSBP2NM_012446 80,742,687 chr1 NTRK1 NM_002529 SQSTM1/NTRK1 chr5 SQSTM1NM_003900 179,252,226 chr1 NTRK1 NM_002529 TBL1XR1/PIK3CA chr3 TBL1XR1NM_024665 176,914,909 chr3 PIK3CA NM_006218 AKAP13/RET chr15 AKAP13NM_006738 86,286,839 chr10 RET NM_020630 FKBP15/RET chr9 FKBP15NM_015258 115,932,802 chr10 RET NM_020630 TBL1XR1/RET chr3 TBL1XR1NM_024665 176,765,103 chr10 RET NM_020630 CEP85L/ chr6 CEP85L 387119118,802,942 chr6 ROS1 NM_002944 ROS1 CCDC132/CDH1 CCDC132 NM_017667 chr792,940,584 CDH1 NM_004360 chr16 CDH1/CCDC132 CDH1 NM_004360 chr1668,857,529 CCDC132 NM_017667 chr7 CDH1/CCDC132 CDH1 NM_004360 chr1668,857,529 CCDC132 NM_017667 chr7 EIF2C2/PTK2 EIF2C2 NM_012154 chr8141,645,584 PTK2 NM_005607 chr8 EIF2C2/PTK2 EIF2C2 NM_012154 chr8141,645,584 PTK2 NM_005607 chr8 EIF2C2/PTK2 EIF2C2 NM_012154 chr8141,645,584 PTK2 NM_005607 chr8 EIF2C2/PTK2 EIF2C2 NM_012154 chr8141,645,584 PTK2 NM_005607 chr8 EIF2C2/PTK2 EIF2C2 NM_012154 chr8141,645,584 PTK2 NM_005607 chr8 ERBB2/SLC29A3 ERBB2 NM_004448 chr1737,883,211 SLC29A3 NM_018344 chr10 ERBB2/SLC29A3 ERBB2 NM_004448 chr1737,883,548 SLC29A3 NM_018344 chr10 ERBB2/SLC29A3 ERBB2 NM_004448 chr1737,883,598 SLC29A3 NM_018344 chr10 ERBB2/SLC29A3 ERBB2 NM_004448 chr1737,883,205 SLC29A3 NM_018344 chr10 ERBB2/SLC29A3 ERBB2 NM_004448 chr1737,882,078 SLC29A3 NM_018344 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr1742,987,987 VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr17 42,988,732VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr17 42,987,987 VIMNM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr17 42,988,622 VIM NM_003380chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr17 42,985,511 VIM NM_003380 chr10GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_001131019 chr17 42,987,602 VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIMGFAP NM_002055 chr17 42,987,983 VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAPNM_002055 chr17 42,992,594 VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055chr17 42,985,469 VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr1742,988,779 VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr17 42,988,637VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr17 42,992,627 VIMNM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr17 42,988,742 VIM NM_003380chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr17 42,988,025 VIM NM_003380 chr10GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr17 42,988,742 VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIMGFAP NM_002055 chr17 42,988,642 VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAPNM_002055 chr17 42,988,642 VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055chr17 42,992,612 VIM NM_003380 chr10 GFAP/VIM GFAP NM_002055 chr1742,992,610 VIM NM_003380 chr10 GTF2IRD1/ GTF2IRD1 NM_005685 chr773,935,627 ALK NM_004304 chr2 ALK HTATSF1/BRS3 HTATSF1 NM_014500 chrX135,586,622 BRS3 NM_001727 chrX IRF2BP2/NTRK1 IRF2BP2 NM_182972 chr1234,744,241 NTRK1 NM_002529 chr1 IRF2BP2/NTRK1 IRF2BP2 NM_182972 chr1234,744,241 NTRK1 NM_002529 chr1 MET/TFG MET NM_000245 chr7 116,412,043TFG NM_006070 chr3 MET/TFG MET NM_000245 chr7 116,412,013 TFG NM_006070chr3 MET/TFG MET NM_000245 chr7 116,414,937 TFG NM_006070 chr3 MET/TFGMET NM_000245 chr7 116,415,078 TFG NM_006070 chr3 NOTCH2/MNDA NOTCH2NM_024408 chr1 120,478,095 MNDA NM_002432 chr1 NOTCH2/MNDA NOTCH2NM_024408 chr1 120,478,095 MNDA NM_002432 chr1 RARA/HOXB3 RARA NM_000964chr17 38,508,759 HOXB3 NM_002146 chr17 STAT3/ETV4 STAT3 NM_003150 chr1740,468,807 ETV4 NM_001986 chr17 STAT3/ETV4 STAT3 NM_003150 chr1740,468,860 ETV4 NM_001986 chr17 STAT3/ETV4 STAT3 NM_003150 chr1740,468,846 ETV4 NM_001986 chr17 TFG/MET TFG NM_006070 chr3 100,451,516MET NM_000245 chr7 TOP1/C17orf64 TOP1 NM_003286 chr20 39,729,993C17orf64 NM_181707 chr17 TOP1/C17orf64 TOP1 NM_003286 chr20 39,729,993C17orf64 NM_181707 chr17 TOP1/C17orf64 TOP1 NM_003286 chr20 39,728,797C17orf64 NM_181707 chr17 TP53/KIAA0753 TP53 NM_000546 chr17 7,590,695KIAA0753 NM_014804 chr17 TP53/KIAA0753 TP53 NM_000546 chr17 7,579,529KIAA0753 NM_014804 chr17 TP53/KIAA0753 TP53 NM_000546 chr17 7,590,695KIAA0753 NM_014804 chr17 VIM/GFAP VIM NM_003380 chr10 17,277,255 GFAPNM_002055 chr17 VIM/GFAP VIM NM_003380 chr10 17,277,325 GFAP NM_002055chr17 VIM/GFAP VIM NM_003380 chr10 17,277,255 GFAP NM_002055 chr17VIM/GFAP VIM NM_003380 chr10 17,277,370 GFAP NM_002055 chr17 VIM/GFAPVIM NM_003380 chr10 17,271,830 GFAP NM_002055 chr17 VIM/GFAP VIMNM_003380 chr10 17,277,350 GFAP NM_002055 chr17 VIM/GFAP VIM NM_003380chr10 17,277,877 GFAP NM_002055 chr17 VIM/GFAP VIM NM_003380 chr1017,277,877 GFAP NM_002055 chr17 UACA/LTK chr15 UACA NM_018003 70,957,001chr15 LTK NM_002344 STRN/ALK chr2 STRN NM_003162 37,143,221 chr2 ALKNM_004304 STRN/ALK chr2 STRN NM_003162 37,143,221 chr2 ALK NM_004304JHDM1D/ chr7 JHDM1D NM_030647 139,810,895 chr7 BRAF NM_004333 BRAFJHDM1D/ chr7 JHDM1D NM_030647 139,810,895 chr7 BRAF NM_004333 BRAFTAX1BP1/ chr7 TAX1BP1 NM_006024 27,827,222 chr7 BRAF NM_004333 BRAFMKRN1/ chr7 MKRN1 NM_013446 140,158,807 chr7 BRAF NM_004333 BRAF MACF1/chr1 MACF1 NM_012090 39,896,580 chr7 BRAF NM_004333 BRAF CDC27/BRAFchr17 CDC27 NM_001256 45,206,816 chr7 BRAF NM_004333 Table 4 SEQ Fusion3′ Gene ID Name Breakpoint Breakpoint Sequence NO: TPM1/ALK 29446394TGCGGAGAGGTCAGTAACTAAATTGGAGAAAAGCATTGATGACTTAGAAG|TGTACCGC 1CGGAAGCACCAGGAGCTGCAAGCCATGCAGATGGAGCTGCAG PRKAR1/ALK 29446263CTGAGAGACCCATGGCATTCCTCAGGGAATACTTTGAGAGGTTGGAGAAG|ACCTCCTCC 2ATCAGTGACCTGAAGGAGGTGCCGCGGAAAAACATCACCCT NCOA1/ALK 30143047GTGCAACAGGTTCAGGTGTTTGCTGACGTCCAGTGTACAGTGAATCTGGT|AGGCGGCTG 3TGGGGCTGCTCCAGTTCAATCTCAGCGAGCTGTTCAGTTGG LPP/CASA 121972795GAAACTTTCCTCCTCCACCACCTCTTGATGAAGAGGCTTTCAAAGTACAG|AAGGCATCA 4CAGGAGGCCTCTGCATGATGTGGCTTCCAAAGACTCAAGGA MDM2/EGFR 55231426GATGGTGCTGTAACCACCTCACAGATTCCAGCTTCGGAACAAGAGACCCT|GTGAGCCA 5AGGGAGTTTGTGGAGAACTCTGAGTGCATACAGTGCCACCCA FGFR3/ELAVL3 11577572GCCCTCCCAGAGGCCCACCTTCAAGCAGCTGGTGGAGGACCTGGACCGTG|TCCTTGGTA 6CAAATGGAGCCACTGACGACAGCAAGACCAACCTCATCGTC B2M/ 57470667TAGCTGTGCTCGCGCTACTCTCTCTTTCTGGCCTGGAGGCTATCCAGCGT|GCTGGAGAA 7 GNASTCTGGTAAAAGCACCATTGTGAAGCAGATGAGGATCCTGCA DOCK8/JAK2 5050686GAGATTTTGGAATTTCCAACACGAGAAGTATATGTCCCTCACACTGTGTA|CAGTGGCGG 8CATGATTTTGTGCACGGATGGATAAAAGTACCTGTGACTCA HNF1B/NOTCH1 139396940TGCCGCTCTGTACACCTGGTACGTCAGAAAGCAACGAGAGATCCTCCGAC|GTGAGACC 9GTGGAGCCGCCCCCGCCGGCGCAGCTGCACTTCATGTACGTG NFASC/NTRK1 156844363GGGAAGGGCCCTGAGCCAGAGTCCGTCATCGGTTACTCCGGAGAAGATTA|CACTAACA 10GCACATCTGGAGACCCGGTGGAGAAGAAGGACGAAACACCTT SSBP2/NTRK1 156845312TCCAGGAGGTGGAGGGCCACCAGGAACACCCATCATGCCTAGTCCAGCAG|GCCCGGCT 11GTGCTGGCTCCAGAGGATGGGCTGGCCATGTCCCTGCATTTC SQSTM1/NTRK1 156844363TTTCCTGAAGAACGTTGGGGAGAGTGTGGCAGCTGCCCTTAGCCCTCTGG|ACACTAACA 12GCACATCTGGAGACCCGGTGGAGAAGAAGGACGAAACACCT TBL1XR1/PIK3CA 178916538CATATAAAACTACTTTAAGGAATTAGATGTATGGTTGTCCCAAAGCAGAA|ACCTGGAA 13ACGGTGGCCTCCAACGCCGCTCCCCCCTCCCGGGAATGGAGG AKAP13/RET 43612067CGCCATCTGCACCTTCCATAGCCAAATCAGGGTCATTGGACTCAGAACTT|GGTTCTTGG 14AAAAACTCTAGGAGAAGGCGAATTTGGAAAAGTGGTCAAGG FKBP15/RET 43612032AATCTTACAATGGCAGGACCATTCTGGGAACCATCATGAATACGATCAAG|GAGGATCC 15AAAGTGGGAATTCCCTCGGAAGAACTTGGTTCTTGGAAAAAC TBL1XR1/RET 43610136GCCCTATATTTGCATTAAAATGGAATAAGAAAGGAAATTTCATCCTAAGT|GCTGGACTC 16CATGGAGAACCAGGTCTCCGTGGATGCCTTCAAGATCCTGG CEP85L/ 117641193TTAATATGCCAGAAAAAGAAAGAAAAGGAGTTAGTAACTACCGTTCAGAG|TACTCTTC 17 ROS1CAACCCAAGAGGAGATTGAAAATCTTCCTGCCTTCCCTCGGG CCDC132/CDH1 68,857,494GAATGCACCTATCTTAACAAATACAACATTGAACGTCATAAGACTTGTTG|TTCTGGGGA 30TTCTTGGAGGAATTCTTGCTTTGCTAATTCTGATTCTGCTG CDH1/CCDC132 92,952,923AACATCAAAGGCAATTGGCTTAAGAATGTTCATCATCTGCATATATTTTC|TTAGCAAAG 31CAAGAATTCCTCCAAGAATCCCCAGAATGGCAGGAATTTGC CDH1/CCDC132 92,952,923GCAAATTCCTGCCATTCTGGGGATTCTTGGAGGAATTCTTGCTTTGCTAA|GAAAATATA 32TGCAGATGATGAACATTCTTAAGCCAATTGCCTTTGATGTT EIF2C2/PTK2 141,685,598GCTGCAGGATCTGGTTTACCCACAGGCTGATATATATGTTGGTTTCCAAT|CGGGGCCGG 33CTCCCGAGTACATGGTGGCGCCGCCGAGGGGCTCCGGGGCC EIF2C2/PTK2 141,685,598GGCCCCGGAGCCCCTCGGCGGCGCCACCATGTACTCGGGAGCCGGCCCCG|ATTGGAAA 34CCAACATATATATCAGCCTGTGGGTAAACCAGATCCTGCAGC EIF2C2/PTK2 141,712,806CCCCGGAGCCCCTCGGCGGCGCCACCATGTACTCGGGAGCCGGCCCCGGT|TTCTGGCTA 35CCCTGGTTCACATGGAATCACAGCCATGGCTGGCAGCATCT EIF2C2/PTK2 141,762,415CGAAGTACAGTTTTTACATGTTTTAATTGCAACCGCCAAAGCTGGATTCT|CCGGGGCCG 36GCTCCCGAGTACATGGTGGCGCCGCCGAGGGGCTCCGGGGC EIF2C2/PTK2 141,675,096GGCCCCGGAGCCCCTCGGCGGCGCCACCATGTACTCGGGAGCCGGCCCCG|GAAGTCGG 37CTTGGCCCTGAGGACATTATTGGCCACTGTGGATGAGACCAT ERBB2/SLC29A3 73,115,986ACACATGGGCCGCAAGAACAGGCCTCATGTAGTACCTGGCATACTCCAGC|GCCCGGGG 38CAGGGTCTGGACAGAAGAAGCCCTGCTGGGGTACCAGATACT ERBB2/SLC29A3 73,121,774GGGCGCTGGGGGCATGGTCCACCACAGGCACCGCAGCTCATCTACCAGGA|CTCCCTCA 39GTGCCCCTTCGGTGGCCTCCAGATTCATTGATTCCCACACAC ERBB2/SLC29A3 73,121,726GTGGCGGTGGGGACCTGACACTAGGGCTGGAGCCCTCTGAAGAGGAGGCC|TGTTCTTG 40CGGCCCATGTGTTTTCTGGTGAAGAGGAGCTTCCCCAGGACT ERBB2/SLC29A3 73,115,911CTGAGGAGTATCTGGTACCCCAGCAGGGCTTCTTCTGTCCAGACCCTGCC|CAGCGCCCT 41GGCCTTCTTCCTGACGGCCACTGTCTTCCTCGTGCTCTGCA ERBB2/SLC29A3 73,115,911TGCAGAGCACGAGGAAGACAGTGGCCGTCAGGAAGAAGGCCAGGGCGCTG|GGTGCAG 42ATGGGGGGCTGGGGCAGCCGCTCCCCCTTTTCCAGCAGGTCAG GFAP/VIM 17,277,377AGGAGAACCGGATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGACCTTCTCCAACCTGCAGATT|CGAGGAGA 43GCAGGATTCTCTGCCTCTTCCAAACTTTTCCTCCCTGAACCT GFAP/VIM 17,277,285ACGTGCGGGAGGCGGCCAGTTATCAGGAGGCGCTGGCGCGGCTGGAGGAA|ATGGCTCG 44TCACCTTCGTGAATACCAAGACCTGCTCAATGTTAAGATGGC GFAP/VIM 17,277,377AGGAGAACCGGATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGACCTTCTCCAACCTGCAGATT|CGAGGAGA 45GCAGGATTTCTCTGCCTCTTCCAAACTTTTCCTCCCTGAACC GFAP/VIM 17,277,371AATGTCAAGCTGGCCCTGGACATCGAGATCGCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCT|GGAAGGCG 46AGGAGAGCAGGATTTCTCTGCCTCTTCCAAACTTTTCCTCCC GFAP/VIM 17,277,237ATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGACCTTCTCCAACCTGCAGATTCGAGAAACCAG|GACACTATT 47GGCCGCCTGCAGGATGAGATTCAGAATATGAAGGAGGAAAT GFAP/VIM 17,277,286CTTCTCCAACCTGCAGATTCGAGGGGGCAAAAGCACCAAAGACGGGGAAA|TGGCTCGT 48CACCTTCGTGAATACCAAGACCTGCTCAATGTTAAGATGGCC GFAP/VIM 17,278,298GAACCGGATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGACCTTCTCCAACCTGCAGATTCGAG|AATCTGGAT 49TCACTCCCTCTGGTTGATACCCACTCAAAAAGGACACTTCT GFAP/VIM 17,271,785CAGAGATGATGGAGCTCAATGACCGCTTTGCCAGCTACATCGAGAAGGTT|CGCTTCCTG 50GAGCAGCAGAATAAGATCCTGCTGGCCGAGCTCGAGCAGCT GFAP/VIM 17,277,285GAAACCAGCCTGGACACCAAGTCTGTGTCAGAAGGCCACCTCAAGAGGAA|ATGGCTCG 51TCACCTTCGTGAATACCAAGACCTGCTCAATGTTAAGATGGC GFAP/VIM 17,277,168CACGAACGAGTCCCTGGAGAGGCAGATGCGCGAGCAGGAGGAGCGGCACG|AATGAGT 52CCCTGGAACGCCAGATGCGTGAAATGGAAGAGAACTTTGCCGT GFAP/VIM 17,277,351GGCAGAGAAATCCTGCTCTCCTCGCCTTCCAGCAGCTTCCTGTAGGTGGC|GTGGCGATC 53TCGATGTCCAGGGCCAGCTTGACATTGAGCAGGTCCTGGTA GFAP/VIM 17,271,752CTGGCTTCAAGGAGACCCGGGCCAGTGAGCGGGCAGAGATGATGGAGCTC|AATGACCG 54CTTCGCCAACTACATCGACAAGGTGCGCTTCCTGGAGCAGCA GFAP/VIM 17,277,351GAGGAGCGGCACGTGCGGGAGGCGGCCAGTTATCAGGAGGCGCTGGCGCG|GCCACCTA 55CAGGAAGCTGCTGGAAGGCGAGGAGAGCAGGATTTCTCTGCC GFAP/VIM 17,276,771CATCGAGATCGCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCTAGAGGGCGAGGAGAACCGGA|GACAGGT 56GCAGTCCCTCACCTGTGAAGTGGATGCCCTTAAAGGAACCAAT GFAP/VIM 17,277,367GAGGAGCGGCACGTGCGGGAGGCGGCCAGTTATCAGGAGGCGCTGGCGCG|TGCTGGA 57AGGCGAGGAGAGCAGGATTTCTCTGCCTCTTCCAAACTTTTCC GFAP/VIM 17,277,351GGCAGAGAAATCCTGCTCTCCTCGCCTTCCAGCAGCTTCCTGTAGGTGGC|GATCTCGAT 58GTCCAGGGCCAGCTTGACATTGAGCAGGTCCTGGTACTCCT GFAP/VIM 17,277,351AGGAGTACCAGGACCTGCTCAATGTCAAGCTGGCCCTGGACATCGAGATC|GCCACCTA 59CAGGAAGCTGCTGGAAGGCGAGGAGAGCAGGATTTCTCTGCC GFAP/VIM 17,271,824CCCGGGCCAGTGAGCGGGCAGAGATGATGGAGCTCAATGACCGCTTTGCC|CTCGAGCA 60GCTCAAGGGCCAAGGCAAGTCGCGCCTGGGGGACCTCTACGA GFAP/VIM 17,271,769CGGGCCAGTGAGCGGGCAGAGATGATGGAGCTCAATGACCGCTTTGCCAG|CTACATCG 61ACAAGGTGCGCTTCCTGGAGCAGCAGAATAAGATCCTGCTGG GTF2IRD1/ 29,446,394ACGTCCATGCCTCCAAGCGCATTCTCTTCTCCATCGTCCATGACAAGTCA|GTGTACCGC 62 ALKCGGAAGCACCAGGAGCTGCAAGCCATGCAGATGGAGCTGCA HTATSF1/BRS3 135,572,292CCATGAGCGAGTTGTCATCATCAAGAATATGTTTCATCCTATGGATTTTG|AGATACAAG 63GCAGTTGTGAAGCCACTTGAGCGACAGCCCTCCAATGCCAT IRF2BP2/NTRK1 156,844,363CTCGGGGCCCTTCGAGAGCAAGTTTAAGAAGGAGCCGGCCCTGACTGCAG|ACACTAAC 64AGCACATCTGGAGACCCGGTGGAGAAGAAGGACGAAACACCT IRF2BP2/NTRK1 156,844,363AGGTGTTTCGTCCTTCTTCTCCACCGGGTCTCCAGATGTGCTGTTAGTGT|CTGCAGTCAG 65GGCCGGCTCCTTCTTAAACTTGCTCTCGAAGGGCCCCGAG MET/TFG 100,455,420AGAAATGGTTTCAAATGAATCTGTAGACTACCGAGCTACTTTTCCAGAAG|GGCCACCCA 66GTGCTCCTGCAGAAGATCGTTCAGGAACACCCGACAGCATT MET/TFG 100,455,435TGTAAGTGCCCGAAGTGTAAGCCCAACTACAGAAATGGTTTCAAATGAAT|CTGCAGAA 67GATCGTTCAGGAACACCCGACAGCATTGCTTCCTCCTCCTCA MET/TFG 100,455,447AATGGTTTCAAATGAATCTGTAGACTACCGAGCTACTTTTCCAGAAGATC|GTTCAGGAA 68CACCCGACAGCATTGCTTCCTCCTCCTCAGCAGCTCACCCA MET/TFG 100,455,435TATATCCAGTCCATTACTGCAAAATACTGTCCACATTGACCTCAGTGCTC|CTGCAGAAG 69ATCGTTCAGGAACACCCGACAGCATTGCTTCCTCCTCCTCA NOTCH2/MNDA 158,815,377TATTGACCTTGTGAACCATTTCAAGTGCTCTTGCCCACCAGGCACTCGGG|AATCAGGAA 70ACCCAGGCCCAACGGCAGGTGGATGCAAGAAGAAATGTTCC NOTCH2/MNDA 158,815,377GTATTGACCTTGTGAACCATTTCAAGTGCTCTTGCCCACCAGGCACTCGG|GAATCAGGA 71AACCCAGGCCCAACGGCAGGTGGATGCAAGAAGAAATGTTC RARA/HOXB3 46,632,980CCATCGCCGACCAGATCACCCTCCTCAAGGCTGCCTGCCTGGACATCCTG|GAGGGGAG 72ATTTGTCGCCTGCCGCTCGCTCTGGGGCTCGATGTGAATATA STAT3/ETV4 41,611,353GTTTGGAAATAATGGTGAAGGTGCTGAACCCTCAGCAGGAGGGCAGTTTG|TAGCTTTCC 73ACAGCCCCACCACCAGGATCAAGAAGGAGCCCCAGAGTCCC STAT3/ETV4 41,613,825AGCAATACCATTGACCTGCCGATGTCCCCCCGCACTTTAGATTCATTGAT|GCAGTTTGTT 74CCTGATTTCCATTCAGAAAACCTAGCTTTCCACAGCCCCA STAT3/ETV4 41,610,042CCTGCCGATGTCCCCCCGCACTTTAGATTCATTGATGCAGTTTGGAAATA|GATGTCACC 75GGGTGCGCATCAATGTACCTCCACACAGAGGGCTTCTCTGG TFG/MET 116,414,935ATCAATAAAAATGTTATGTCAGCGTTTGGCTTAACAGATGATCAGGTTTC|AGATCAGTT 76TCCTAATTCATCTCAGAACGGTTCATGCCGACAAGTGCAGT TOP1/C17orf64 58,503,144CATCCAAGGTTCCATTAAATACATCATGCTTAACCCTAGTTCACGAATCA|AGGTGACAA 77ATGTGTCATGCCTGGAGACAAGCTCCAGCGCCAGCCCTGCT TOP1/C17orf64 58,503,144CCAAGGTTCCATTAAATACATCATGCTTAACCCTAGTTCACGAATCAAGG|TGACAAATG 78TGTCATGCCTGGAGACAAGCTCCAGCGCCAGCCCTGCTAGA TOP1/C17orf64 58,503,167TGGCATGGCGCATGAGCGAGTCTCTAGCAGGGCTGGCGCTGGAGCTTGTC|TCCAGGAG 79GCTCTATCTTGAAGTTAGCAATCCTCTCTTTGTGGTTATCCA TP53/KIAA0753 6,498,373TCAGCATATGCGATTTTATTATATCTTTGACGAACAGACTCCTGGTATTT|CCAATCCAGG 80GAAGCGTGTCACCGTCGTGGAAAGCACGCTCCCAGCCCGA TP53/KIAA0753 6,493,323TCCCAAGCAATGGATGATTTGATGCTGTCCCCGGACGATATTGAACAATG|TTCCCTGGA 81TGAAAGTGTGGGAACAGAGGAAGGATCAGAGAAAAGAGAGG TP53/KIAA0753 6,498,373TTCGGGCTGGGAGCGTGCTTTCCACGACGGTGACACGCTTCCCTGGATTG|GAAATACCA 82GGAGTCTGTTCGTCAAAGATATAATAAAATCGCATATGCTG VIM/GFAP 42,987,987GAACTTTGCCGTTGAAGCTGCTAACTACCAAGACACTATTGGCCGCCTGC|TCGAGAAAC 83CAGCCTGGACACCAAGTCTGTGTCAGAAGGCCACCTCAAGA VIM/GFAP 42,988,666AAGGAGGAAATGGCTCGTCACCTTCGTGAATACCAAGACCTGCTCAATGT|CAAGCTGG 84CCCTGGACATCGAGATCGCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCTAGAGG VIM/GFAP 42,987,987TTGAAGCTGCTAACTACCAAGACACTATTGGCCGCCTGC|TCGAGAAACCAGCCTGGAC 85ACCAAGTCTGTGTCAGAAGGCCACCTCAAGA VIM/GFAP 42,988,621AATGTTAAGATGGCCCTTGACATTGAGATTGCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCT|AGAGGGCG 86AGGAGAACCGGATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGACCTTCTCCAACC VIM/GFAP 42,992,688GGTGCGCTTCCTGGAGCAGCAGAATAAGATCCTGCTGGCCGAGCTCGAGC|GGGCACTC 87AATGCTGGCTTCAAGGAGACCCGGGCCAGTGAGCGGGCAGAG VIM/GFAP 42,988,641GTGAATACCAAGACCTGCTCAATGTTAAGATGGCCCTTGACATTGAGATT|GCCACCTAC 88AGGAAGCTGCTAGAGGGCGAGGAGAACCGGATCACCATTCC VIM/GFAP 42,988,655GAAGGCGAGGAGAGCAGGATTTCTCTGCCTCTTCCAAACTTTTCCTCCCT|TGGACATCG 89AGATCGCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCTAGAGGGCGAGGAGAAC VIM/GFAP 42,988,655GGAAGGCGAGGAGAGCAGGATTCTCTGCCTCTTCCAAACTTTTCCTCCCT|TGGACATCG 90AGATCGCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCTAGAGGGCGAGGAGAAC UACA/LTK 41799372TGATTGACACTCTGCAGCACCAAGTGAAATCTCTGGAGCAACAGCTGG 184CC|GTGGGGCTTGGCCCGGCCCAGTCCTGGCCTCTGCCACCAGGTGTCA CCGA STRN/ALK 29446394TACGGGACAGAATTGAATCAGGGAGATATGAAGCCTCCAAGCTATGA 185TTC|TGTGTACCGCCGGAAGCACCAGGAGCTGCAAGCCATGCAGATGG AGCTGC STRN/ALK29446394 TACGGGACAGAATTGAATCAGGGAGATATGAAGCCTCCAAGCTATGA 186TTC|TGTGTACCGCCGGAAGCACCAGGAGCTGCAAGCCATGCAGATGG AGCTGC JHDM1D/140481493 TAGACCTGGACACCTTATTAAAGAACTTTCTAAAGTAATTCGAGCAAT 187 BRAFAG|AGAAAACACTTGGTAGACGGGACTCGAGTGATGATTGGGAGATTC CTGAT JHDM1D/ 140481493GACCTGGACACCTTATTAAAGAACTTTCTAAAGTAATTCGAGCAATAG 188 BRAFAG|AAAACACTTGGTAGACGGGACTCGAGTGATGATTGGGAGATTCCT GATGG TAX1BP1/140481493 CTGAAAAGGAAAATCTGCAAAGAACTTTCCTGCTTACAACCTCAAGTA 189 BRAFAA|AAAACACTTGGTAGACGGGACTCGAGTGATGATTGGGAGATTCCT GATGG MKRN1/ 140487384TGCAGGTCCTGCATCCAATGGATGCTGCCCAGAGATCGCAGCATATCA 190 BRAFAA|GACTTGATTAGAGACCAAGGATTTCGTGGTGATGGAGGATCAACC ACAGG MACF1/ 140487384TTGGACAAAGGGTGGATGAAATTGATGCTGCTATTCAGAGATCACAAC 191 BRAFAG|GACTTGATTAGAGACCAAGGATTTCGTGGTGATGGAGGATCAACC ACAGG CDC27/BRAF140487365 CAGAGAAGGCTTTGGATACCCTAAACAAAGCCATTGTCATTGATCCCA 192AG|GATTTCGTGGTGATGGAGGATCAACCACAGGTTTGTCTGCTACCCC CCCT

TABLE 5 Breakpoint sequences for Table 2 5′ Gene 3′ Table 5 Fusion5′ Gene 5′ Gene 5′ Break Gene 3′ Cancer Name Chromosome Symbol Accessionpoint Chromosome Gene Melanoma CLCN6/ chr1 CLCN6 NM_001286 11867247 chr3RAF1 RAF1 Melanoma TRAK1/ chr3 TRAK1 NM_014965 42235390 chr3 RAF1 RAF1Colon PRKACA/ chr19 PRKACA NM_002730 14208406 chr14 AKT1 adenocarcinomaAKT1 Colon PRKACA/ chr19 PRKACA NM_002730 14208406 chr14 AKT1adenocarcinoma AKT1 Colon PRKACA/ chr19 PRKACA NM_002730 14208406 chr14AKT1 adenocarcinoma AKT1 Endometrial PRKACA/ chr19 PRKACA NM_00273014208406 chr14 AKT1 endometriosis AKT1 Colon PRKACA chr19 PRKACANM_002730 14208406 chr19 AKT2 adenocarcinoma AKT2 Lung MLL/FYN chr11 MLLNM_005933 1.18E+08 chr6 FYN Adenocarcinoma Lung ECHDC1/ chr6 ECHDC1NM_001002030 1.28E+08 chr6 FYN adenocarcinoma FYN Breast TTC13/JAK2 chr1TTC13 NM_024525 2.31E+08 chr9 JAK2 carcinoma Gastric CAB39/ chr2 CAB39NM_016289 231,577,945 chr17 ERBB2 Adenocarcinoma ERBB2 Gastric CAPZA2/chr7 CAPZA2 NM_006136 116,502,704 chr7 MET Adenocarcinoma MET InvasiveCBL/UBE4A chr11 CBL NM_005188 119,158,656 chr11 UBE4A Breast CarcinomaEndometrial EXOC4/ chr7 EXOC4 NM_021807 133,164,892 chr7 BRAFEndometrioid BRAF Adenocarcinoma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,271,860 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,276,745 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,276,789 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,276,817 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,276,817 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277,255 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277,259 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277,259 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277,323 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277,325 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277,370 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277,370 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277,370 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277,370 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277,375 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277,877 chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low VIM/GFAP chr10 VIM NM_00338017,277877, chr17 GFAP Grade Glioma Low GFAP/VIM chr17 GFAP NM_00205542,984,756 chr10 VIM Grade Glioma Low GFAP/VIM chr17 GFAP NM_00205542,985,436 chr10 VIM Grade Glioma Low GFAP/VIM chr17 GFAP NM_00205542,985,438 chr10 VIM Grade Glioma Low GFAP/VIM chr17 GFAP NM_00205542,985,452 chr10 VIM Grade Glioma Low GFAP/VIM chr17 GFAP NM_00113101942,987,510 chr10 VIM Grade Glioma Low GFAP/VIM chr17 GFAP NM_00205542,987,987 chr10 VIM Grade Glioma Low GFAP/VIM chr17 GFAP NM_00205542,987,987 chr10 VIM Grade Glioma Low GFAP/VIM chr17 GFAP NM_00205542,988,642 chr10 VIM Grade Glioma Low GFAP/VIM chr17 GFAP NM_00205542,988,655 chr10 VIM Grade Glioma Endometrial HLA- chr6 HLA-C NM_00211731,237,270 chr19 MUC16 Endometrioid C/MUC16 Adenocarcinoma EndometrialHLA- chr6 HLA-C NM_002117 31,237,270 chr19 MUC16 Endometrioid C/MUC16Adenocarcinoma Endometrial HLA- chr6 HLA-C NM_002117 31,237,270 chr19MUC16 Endometrioid C/MUC16 Adenocarcinoma Endometrial HLA- chr6 HLA-CNM_002117 31,237,270 chr19 MUC16 Endometrioid C/MUC16 AdenocarcinomaEndometrial HLA- chr6 HLA-C NM_002117 31,237,270 chr19 MUC16Endometrioid C/MUC16 Adenocarcinoma Endometrial HLA- chr6 HLA-CNM_002117 31,237,270 chr19 MUC16 Endometrioid C/MUC16 AdenocarcinomaEndometrial HLA- chr6 HLA-C NM_002117 31,237,270 chr19 MUC16Endometrioid C/MUC16 Adenocarcinoma Endometrial HLA- chr6 HLA-CNM_002117 31,237,270 chr19 MUC16 Endometrioid C/MUC16 AdenocarcinomaEndometrial HLA- chr6 HLA-C NM_002117 31,237,270 chr19 MUC16Endometrioid C/MUC16 Adenocarcinoma Endometrial HLA- chr6 HLA-CNM_002117 31,237,270 chr19 MUC16 Endometrioid C/MUC16 AdenocarcinomaInvasive HOOK3/ chr8 HOOK3 NM_032410 42,798,568 chr8 IKBKB Breast IKBKBCarcinoma Invasive HOOK3/ chr8 HOOK3 NM_032410 42,798,588 chr8 IKBKBBreast IKBKB Carcinoma Ovarian IGFBP2/ chr2 IGFBP2 NM_000597 217,528,783chr4 SPP1 Serous SPP1 Cystadenocarcinoma Ovarian IGFBP2/ chr2 IGFBP2NM_000597 217,528,783 chr4 SPP1 Serous SPP1 Cystadenocarcinoma InvasiveKRIT1/ chr7 KRIT1 NM_004912 91,842,555 chr7 CDK6 Breast CDK6 CarcinomaHead LYN/NTRK3 chr8 LYN NM_002350 56,866,524 chr15 NTRK3 and NeckSquamous Cell Carcinoma Invasive MLLT6/ chr17 MLLT6 NM_005937 36,868,267chr17 ACE Breast ACE Carcinoma Invasive MLLT6/ chr17 MLLT6 NM_00593736,868,267 chr17 ACE Breast ACE Carcinoma Ovarian MUC16/ chr19 MUC16NM_024690 9,024,134 chr19 OR7G2 Serous OR7G2 Cystadenocarcinoma OvarianMUC16/ chr19 MUC16 NM_024690 9,045,564 chr19 OR7G2 Serous OR7G2Cystadenocarcinoma Invasive NARS2/ chr11 NARS2 NM_024678 78,189,672chr20 TOP1 Breast TOP1 Carcinoma Invasive SRD5A1/ chr5 SRD5A1 NM_0010476,633,982 chr5 PAPD7 Breast PAPD7 Carcinoma Invasive PAPD7/ chr5 PAPD7NM_006999 6,746,451 chr5 SRD5A1 Breast SRD5A1 Carcinoma Gastric PRKAR2A/chr3 PRKAR2A NM_004157 48,845,082 chr3 RHOA Adenocarcinoma RHOA GastricTRAPPC9/ chr8 TRAPPC9 NM_031466 141,460,889 chr8 PTK2 AdenocarcinomaPTK2 Gastric PTK2/TRAPPC9 chr8 PTK2 NM_005607 142,011,224 chr8 TRAPPC9Adenocarcinoma Ovarian RAB11B/ chr19 RAB11B NM_004218 8,468,319 chr11MDK Serous MDK Cystadenocarcinoma Ovarian RAB11B/ chr19 RAB11B NM_0042188,468,374 chr11 MDK Serous MDK Cystadenocarcinoma SquamousRB1/GADD45GIP1 chr13 RB1 NM_000321 48,955,574 chr19 GADD45GIP1 Cell LungCarcinoma Cutaneous SHANK3/ chr22 SHANK3 NM_033517 51,115,121 chr22MAPK1 Melanoma MAPK1 Thyroid SPECC1L/ chr22 SPECC1L NM_015330 24,734,416chr10 RET Gland RET Carcinoma Glioblastoma TAOK1/ chr17 TAOK1 NM_02079127,718,042 chr17 RARA RARA Gastric THRA/CDK12 chr17 THRA NM_00325038,245,586 chr17 CDK12 Adenocarcinoma Invasive WRN/ADAM9 chr8 WRNNM_000553 30,982,516 chr8 ADAM9 Breast Carcinoma Colon YWHAE/ chr17YWHAE NM_006761 1,303,359 chr19 MAP2K2 and MAP2K2 Rectal AdenocarcinomaThyroid ZC3HAV1/ chr7 ZC3HAV1 NM_020119 138,758,639 chr7 BRAF Gland BRAFCarcinoma Thyroid BRAF/ chr7 SND1 NM_014390 127,361,454 chr7 BRAF GlandSND1 Carcinoma Thyroid BRAF/ chr7 BRAF NM_004333 140,487,348 chr7 SND1Gland SND1 Carcinoma Thyroid SND1/ chr7 SND1 NM_014390 127,361,454 chr7BRAF Gland BRAF Carcinoma Thyroid MEMO1/ chr2 MEMO1 NM_015955 32,168,371chr2 ALK Gland ALK Carcinoma Head CLIP4/ chr2 CLIP4 NM_024692 29,404,563chr2 ALK and ALK Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Squamous CLIP4/ chr2 CLIP4NM_024692 29,404,561 chr2 ALK Cell ALK Lung Carcinoma Table 5 3′ 3′ GeneCancer Accession Breakpoint Breakpoint Sequence Melanoma NM_00288012641914 GAGAAACACAGGAGGAGGAGGATGAGATTCTTCCAAGGAAAGACTATGAG|GATGCAATTCGAAGTCACAGCGAATCAGCCTCACCTTCAGC CCTGTCCAG SEQ ID NO: 18Melanoma NM_002880 12641914TCCAGCATCTGGGGGCTGCTAAGGATGCCCAGCGGCAGCTCACAGCCGAG|GATGCAATTCGAAGTCACAGCGAATCAGCCTCACCTTCAGCC CTGTCCAG SEQ ID NO: 19Colon NM_005163 1.05E+08 AGGGCCGCACTTGGACCTTGTGCGGCACCCCTGAGTACCTGGCCCCadenocarcinoma TGAG|GTGCTGGAGGACAATGACTACGGCCGTGCAGTGGACTGGTG GGGGCTGGGSEQ ID NO: 20 Colon NM_005163 1.05E+08AGGGCCGCACTTGGACCTTGTGCGGCACCCCTGAGTACCTGGCCCC adenocarcinomaTGAG|GTGCTGGAGGACAATGACTACGGCCGTGCAGTGGACTGGTG GGGGCTGGG SEQ ID NO: 21Colon NM_005163 1.05E+08 AGGGCCGCACTTGGACCTTGTGCGGCACCCCTGAGTACCTGGCCCCadenocarcinoma TGAG|GTGCTGGAGGACAATGACTACGGCCGTGCAGTGGACTGGTG GGGGCTGGGSEQ ID NO: 22 Endometrial NM_005163 1.05E+08AGGGCCGCACTTGGACCTTGTGCGGCACCCCTGAGTACCTGGCCCC endometriosisTGAG|GTGCTGGAGGACAATGACTACGGCCGTGCAGTGGACTGGTG GGGGCTGGG SEQ ID NO: 23Colon NM_001626 40742011 AGGGCCGCACTTGGACCTTGTGCGGCACCCCTGAGTACCTGGCCCCadenocarcinoma TGAG|GTGCTGGAGGACAATGACTATGGCCGGGCCGTGGACTGGTG GGGGCTGGGSEQ ID NO: 24 Lung NM_002037 1.12E+08CCAGGAAGCTCGATCAAATGCCCGCCTAAAGCAGCTCTCATTTGCA adenocarcinomaGGTG|GTACTTTGGAAAACTTGGCCGAAAAGATGCTGAGCGACAGC TATTGTCCT SEQ ID NO: 25Lung NM_002037 1.12E+08 CAAGGTTGGGCATTGGGTGGAGGAGCAGAATTTACTACAGCATGTGadenocarcinoma ATTT|CAGGGAAGGAGATTGGTGGGAAGCCCGCTCCTTGACAACTGG AGAGACAGSEQ ID NO: 26 Breast NM_004972 5055786CTTCATATCAGAGGACTATGCAACAGCCCATGAAGACTTTCAGCAG carcinomaTCCT|CTGGAAATTGAACTTAGCTCATTAAGGGAAGCTTTGTCTTTCG TGTCATT SEQ ID NO: 27Gastric NM_004448 37,863,243GGGGACAGCGACGACGCGGAGGCAGAGAAGGGAACGCCCGGCCCA AdenocarcinomaGCCCC|TGTGCACCGGCACAGACATGAAGCTGCGGCTCCCTGCCAGT CCCGAGACC SEQ ID NO: 91Gastric NM_000245 116,435,709CCAGAAGGAAGATGGCGGATCTGGAGGAGCAGTTGTCTGATGAAG AdenocarcinomaAGAAG|TGGTCCTTTGGCGTGCTCCTCTGGGAGCTGATGACAAGAGG AGCCCCACC SEQ ID NO: 92Invasive NM_004788 118,261,372CAAAATCAAACCTTCCTCATCTGCCAATGCCATTTATTCTCTGGCTG BreastCCA|GGGATGAGGAGAATTTCTGTGCCACTGTGCCCAAGGATGGAC Carcinoma GTTCCTAT SEQ IDNO: 93 Endometrial NM_004333 140,434,570TCTGCGAGAACAGAGAAGGGAGCTCTATAGTCGGAGTGGAGAACT EndometrioidGCAAG|ATTCTCGCCTCTATTGAGCTGCTGGCCCGCTCATTGCCAAA Adenocarcinoma AATTCACCGSEQ ID NO: 94 Low NM_002055 42,992,778CCTGCTGGCCGAGCTCGAGCAGCTCAAGGGCCAAGGCAAGTCGCGC GradeCTGG|CTCCTGGCCGCCGTCTGGGTCCTGGCACCCGCCTCTCCCTGGC Glioma TCGAATG SEQ IDNO: 95 Low NM_002055 42,988,692CTGACCTCTCTGAGGCTGCCAACCGGAACAATGACGCCCTGCGCCA GradeGGCA|CAGGAGTACCAGGACCTGCTCAATGTCAAGCTGGCCCTGGA Glioma CATCGAGAT SEQ IDNO: 96 Low NM_002055 42,990,649CAGGCAAAGCAGGAGTCCACTGAGTACCGGAGACAGGTGCAGTCC GradeCTCAC|GTACCGCTCCAAGTTTGCAGACCTGACAGACGCTGCTGCCC Glioma GCAACGCGG SEQ IDNO: 97 Low NM_002055 42,988,824TTTGCCGTTGAAGCTGCTAACTACCAAGACACTATTGGCCGCCTGCA GradeGGA|GTACCAGGACCTGCTCAATGTCAAGCTGGCCCTGGACATCGAG Glioma ATCGCCA SEQ IDNO: 98 Low NM_002055 42,988,824CATTGAGATTGCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCTGGAAGGCGAGGAGAG GradeCAGGA|GTACCAGGACCTGCTCAATGTCAAGCTGGCCCTGGACATCG Glioma AGATCGCCA SEQ IDNO: 99 Low NM_002055 42,987,988GAACTTTGCCGTTGAAGCTGCTAACTACCAAGACACTATTGGCCGC GradeCTGC|TTCGAGAAACCAGCCTGGACACCAAGTCTGTGTCAGAAGGCC Glioma ACCTCAAG SEQ IDNO: 100 Low NM_002055 42,988,687TTTGCCGTTGAAGCTGCTAACTACCAAGACACTATTGGCCGCCTGCA GradeGGA|GTACCAGGACCTGCTCAATGTCAAGCTGGCCCTGGACATCGAG Glioma ATCGCCA SEQ IDNO: 101 Low NM_002055 42,988,687TTTGCCGTTGAAGCTGCTAACTACCAAGACACTATTGGCCGCCTGCA GradeGGA|GTACCAGGACCTGCTCAATGTCAAGCTGGCCCTGGACATCGAG Glioma ATCGCCA SEQ IDNO: 102 Low NM_002055 42,988,623TGAAGGAGGAAATGGCTCGTCACCTTCGTGAATACCAAGACCTGCT GradeCAAT|CTAGAGGGCGAGGAGAACCGGATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGAC Glioma CTTCTCCAA SEQ IDNO: 103 Low NM_002055 42,988,666AAGGAGGAAATGGCTCGTCACCTTCGTGAATACCAAGACCTGCTCA GradeATGT|CAAGCTGGCCCTGGACATCGAGATCGCCACCTACAGGAAGCT Glioma GCTAGAGG SEQ IDNO: 104 Low NM_002055 42,988,621AATGTTAAGATGGCCCTTGACATTGAGATTGCCACCTACAGGAAGC GradeTGCT|AGAGGGCGAGGAGAACCGGATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGACCTT Glioma CTCCAACC SEQ IDNO: 105 Low NM_002055 42,988,621AATGTTAAGATGGCCCTTGACATTGAGATTGCCACCTACAGGAAGC GradeTGCT|AGAGGGCGAGGAGAACCGGATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGACCTT Glioma CTCCAACC SEQ IDNO: 106 Low NM_002055 42,988,621AATGTTAAGATGGCCCTTGACATTGAGATTGCCACCTACAGGAAGC GradeTGCT|AGAGGGCGAGGAGAACCGGATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGACCTT Glioma CTCCAACC SEQ IDNO: 107 Low NM_002055 42,988,621AATGTTAAGATGGCCCTTGACATTGAGATTGCCACCTACAGGAAGC GradeTGCT|AGAGGGCGAGGAGAACCGGATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGACCTT Glioma CTCCAACC SEQ IDNO: 108 Low NM_002055 42,988,777TAAGATGGCCCTTGACATTGAGATTGCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCTG GradeGAAG|GCGGGAGGCGGCCAGTTATCAGGAGGCGCTGGCGCGGCTGG Glioma AGGAAGAGG SEQ IDNO: 109 Low NM_002055 42,988,655GAAGGCGAGGAGAGCAGGATTTCTCTGCCTCTTCCAAACTTTTCCTC GradeCCT|TGGACATCGAGATCGCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCTAGAGGGCG Glioma AGGAGAAC SEQ IDNO: 110 Low NM_002055 42,988,655GAAGGCGAGGAGAGCAGGATTTCTCTGCCTCTTCCAAACTTTTCCTC GradeCCT|TGGACATCGAGATCGCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCTAGAGGGCG Glioma AGGAGAAC SEQ IDNO: 111 Low NM_003308 17,278,322CCTCAAGAGGAACATCGTGGTGAAGACCGTGGAGATGCGGGATGG GradeAGAGG|GATACCCACTCAAAAAGGACACTTCTGATTAAGACGGTTG Glioma AAACTAGAGA SEQ IDNO: 112 Low NM_003380 17,277,187GGCCACCTCAAGAGGAACATCGTGGTGAAGACCGTGGAGATGCGG GradeGATGG|AGATGCGTGAAATGGAAGAGAACTTTGCCGTTGAAGCTGC Glioma TAACTACCAA SEQ IDNO: 113 Low NM_003380 17,277,380AAGGCCACCTCAAGAGGAACATCGTGGTGAAGACCGTGGAGATGC GradeGGGAT|GGAGAGCAGGATTTCTCTGCCTCTTCCAAACTTTTCCTCCCT Glioma GAACCTGA SEQ IDNO: 114 Low NM_003380 17,277,278CAAGTCTGTGTCAGAAGGCCACCTCAAGAGGAACATCGTGGTGAAG GradeACCG|GGAGGAAATGGCTCGTCACCTTCGTGAATACCAAGACCTGCT Glioma CAATGTTA SEQ IDNO: 115 Low NM_003380 17,277,303TTATACCAATACAGGCTCACCAGATTGTAAATGGAACGCCGCCGGC GradeTCGC|GAATACCAAGACCTGCTCAATGTTAAGATGGCCCTTGACATT Glioma GAGATTGC SEQ IDNO: 116 Low NM_003380 17,277,377AGGAGAACCGGATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGACCTTCTCCAACCTGCA GradeGATT|CGAGGAGAGCAGGATTTCTCTGCCTCTTCCAAACTTTTCCTCC Glioma CTGAACC SEQ IDNO: 117 Low NM_003380 17,277,377AGGAGAACCGGATCACCATTCCCGTGCAGACCTTCTCCAACCTGCA GradeGATT|CGAGGAGAGCAGGATTTCTCTGCCTCTTCCAAACTTTTCCTCC Glioma CTGAACC SEQ IDNO: 118 Low NM_003380 17,277,351AGGAGTACCAGGACCTGCTCAATGTCAAGCTGGCCCTGGACATCGA GradeGATC|GCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCTGGAAGGCGAGGAGAGCAGGAT Glioma TTCTCTGCC SEQ IDNO: 119 Low NM_003380 17,277,336GCCCGCCACTTGCAGGAGTACCAGGACCTGCTCAATGTCAAGCTGG GradeCCCT|CTTGACATTGAGATTGCCACCTACAGGAAGCTGCTGGAAGGC Glioma GAGGAGAG SEQ IDNO: 120 Endometrial NM_024690 8,959,665GCATTTTCTTCCCACAGGTGGAAAAGGAGGGAGCTGCTCTCAGGCT EndometrioidGCGT|CCAGCAACAGTGCCCAGGCTACTACCAGTCACACCTAGACCT Adenocarcinoma GGAGGATCSEQ ID NO: 121 Endometrial NM_024690 8,959,665 GCATTTTCTTCCCACAGGTGGAAAAGGAGGGAGCTGCTCTCAGGCT EndometrioidGCGT|CCAGCAACAGTGCCCAGGCTACTACCAGTCACACCTAGACCT Adenocarcinoma GGAGGATCSEQ ID NO: 122 Endometrial NM_024690 8,959,665GCATTTTCTTCCCACAGGTGGAAAAGGAGGGAGCTGCTCTCAGGCT EndometrioidGCGT|CCAGCAACAGTGCCCAGGCTACTACCAGTCACACCTAGACCT Adenocarcinoma GGAGGATCSEQ ID NO: 123 Endometrial NM_024690 8,959,665GCATTTTCTTCCCACAGGTGGAAAAGGAGGGAGCTGCTCTCAGGCT EndometrioidGCGT|CCAGCAACAGTGCCCAGGCTACTACCAGTCACACCTAGACCT Adenocarcinoma GGAGGATCSEQ ID NO: 124 Endometrial NM_024690 8,959,665GCATTTTCTTCCCACAGGTGGAAAAGGAGGGAGCTGCTCTCAGGCT EndometrioidGCGT|CCAGCAACAGTGCCCAGGCTACTACCAGTCACACCTAGACCT Adenocarcinoma GGAGGATCSEQ ID NO: 125 Endometrial NM_024690 8,959,665GCATTTTCTTCCCACAGGTGGAAAAGGAGGGAGCTGCTCTCAGGCT EndometrioidGCGT|CCAGCAACAGTGCCCAGGCTACTACCAGTCACACCTAGACCT Adenocarcinoma GGAGGATCSEQ ID NO: 126 Endometrial NM_024690 8,959,665GCATTTTCTTCCCACAGGTGGAAAAGGAGGGAGCTGCTCTCAGGCT EndometrioidGCGT|CCAGCAACAGTGCCCAGGCTACTACCAGTCACACCTAGACCT Adenocarcinoma GGAGGATCSEQ ID NO: 127 Endometrial NM_024690 8,959,665GCATTTTCTTCCCACAGGTGGAAAAGGAGGGAGCTGCTCTCAGGCT EndometrioidGCGT|CCAGCAACAGTGCCCAGGCTACTACCAGTCACACCTAGACCT Adenocarcinoma GGAGGATCSEQ ID NO: 128 Endometrial NM_024690 8,959,665GCATTTTCTTCCCACAGGTGGAAAAGGAGGGAGCTGCTCTCAGGCT EndometrioidGCGT|CCAGCAACAGTGCCCAGGCTACTACCAGTCACACCTAGACCT Adenocarcinoma GGAGGATCSEQ ID NO: 129 Endometrial NM_024690 8,959,665GCATTTTCTTCCCACAGGTGGAAAAGGAGGGAGCTGCTCTCAGGCT EndometrioidGCGT|CCAGCAACAGTGCCCAGGCTACTACCAGTCACACCTAGACCT Adenocarcinoma GGAGGATCSEQ ID NO: 130 Invasive NM_001556 42,147,725GATGCAGCAGAGCTTGGAAGGATGCTTCAGCTCATCTTAGGCTGTG BreastCTGT|GAACTTGGCGCCCAATGACCTGCCCCTGCTGGCCATGGAGTA Carcinoma CTGCCAAG SEQID NO: 131 Invasive NM_001556 42,162,705GGATGCTTCAGCTCATCTTAGGCTGTGCTGTGAACTGTGAACAGAA BreastGCAA|GCCTCTGCGCTTAGATACCTTCATGAAAACAGAATCATCCAT Carcinoma CGGGATCT SEQID NO: 132 Ovarian NM_000582 88,896,866GGGAGCCCCCACCATCCGGGGGGACCCCGAGTGTCATCTCTTCTAC SerousAATG|AGCAGCAGGAGGAGGCAGAGCACAGCATCGTCGGGACCAGA CystadenocarcinomaCTCGTCTCA SEQ ID NO: 133 Ovarian NM_000582 88,896,866TGAGACGAGTCTGGTCCCGACGATGCTGTGCTCTGCCTCCTCCTGCT SerousGCT|CATTGTAGAAGAGATGACACTCGGGGTCCCCCCGGATGGTGGG CystadenocarcinomaGGCTCCC SEQ ID NO: 134 Invasive NM_001259 92,462,486ATATTTACAAAGGCAAGCCCCAGCAATCATAAAGTCATCCCTGTGT BreastATGTAGGAGGGCATGCCGCTCTCCACCATCCGCGAGGTGGCGGTGC Carcinoma TGAGGCAC SEQ IDNO: 135 Head NM_002530 88,670,398AGATCCCCCGGGAGTCCATCAAGTTGGTGAAAAGGCTTGGCGCTGG andGCAG|TTTGGGGTATCCATAGCAGTTGGACTTGCTGCTTTTGCCTGTG Neck TCCTGTT SEQ ID NO:136 Squamous Cell Carcinoma Invasive NM_000789 61,573,755CCACGCAGCAGGAGAAGCACCCCACCCACCACGAGAGGGGCCAGA BreastAGAAG|GTACTTTGTCAGCTTCATCATCCAGTTCCAGTTCCACGAGG Carcinoma CACTGTGCC SEQID NO: 137 Invasive NM_000789 61,573,755CCTGGCACAGTGCCTCGTGGAACTGGAACTGGATGATGAAGCTGAC BreastAAAG|TACCTTCTTCTGGCCCCTCTCGTGGTGGGTGGGGTGCTTCTCC Carcinoma TGCTGCG SEQID NO: 138 Ovarian NM_001005193 9,213,935AGTGGATCTCAGAACCTCAGGGACTCCATCCTCCCTCTCCAGCCCCA SerousCAA|ATTCATCATCAACAGCATGGAAGCGAGAAACCAAACAGCTAT CystadenocarcinomaTTCAAAAT SEQ ID NO: 139 Ovarian NM_001005193 9,213,935ATTTTGAAATAGCTGTTTGGTTTCTCGCTTCCATGCTGTTGATGATG SerousAAT|TTGTTCTTGAGGTCACACTCTCAGAGGCCAAGGTGGACATCCC CystadenocarcinomaAGGTGTG SEQ ID NO: 140 Invasive NM_003286 39,721,138GGAACTGTTCAAGGCTACAACAATGATGGTTCTCTCAAAATGTCCT BreastGAAG|GCATCAAGTGGAAATTCCTAGAACATAAAGGTCCAGTATTTG Carcinoma CCCCACCA SEQID NO: 141 Invasive NM_006999 6,738,796GCGCCCAACTGCATCCTCCTGGCCATGTTCCTCGTCCACTACGGGCA BreastTCG|GTACAGATATTTGGCAGCTTTAGTACAGGTCTTTATCTTCCAAC Carcinoma TAGCGA SEQ IDNO: 142 Invasive NM_001047 6,662,933GGGAGAAATTTTAATTACTTGAAAACCGGTATTAGAATCAAAGAAG BreastGAGG|CTTATTTGAATACGTAACTGCAGCCAACTATTTTGGAGAAAT Carcinoma CATGGAGT SEQID NO: 143 Gastric NM_001664 49,405,981GACGAGGACTTGGAAGTTCCAGTTCCTAGCAGATTTAATAGACGAG AdenocarcinomaTATC|AGGTAGAGTTGGCTTTGTGGGACACAGCTGGGCAGGAAGATT ATGATCGC SEQ ID NO: 144Gastric NM_005607 141,900,868CTCTGTGTCCCGTTTGAGAAAAAGGACTTTGTAGGACTGGACACAG AdenocarcinomaACAG|CAGAATATGACAGATACCTAGCATCTAGCAAAATAATGGCA GCTGCTTAC SEQ ID NO: 145Gastric NM_031466 141,034,176CCGCCCCGTCGTCGTCTGCCTTCGCTTCACGGCGCCGAGCCGCGGTC AdenocarcinomaCGA|ACCCTGGAAGCTGTCCTGAATTTCAAATACTCTGGAGGCCCGG GCCACAC SEQ ID NO: 146Ovarian NM_002391 46,404,173AGGAAGCATTCAAGAACATCCTCACAGAGATCTACCGCATCGTGTC SerousACAG|GTGATGGGGGCACAGGCACCAAAGTCCGCCAAGGCACCCTG CystadenocarcinomaAAGAAGGCG SEQ ID NO: 147 Ovarian NM_002391 46,404,248GATCGCAGACCGCGCTGCCCACGACGAGTCCCCGGGGAACAACGTG SerousGTGG|CCATCCGCGTCACCAAGCCCTGCACCCCCAAGACCAAAGCA CystadenocarcinomaAAGGCCAAA SEQ ID NO: 148 Squamous NM_052850 13,065,313AAAACATTTAGAACGATGTGAACATCGAATCATGGAATCCCTTGCA CellTGGC|CAAGATGCCACAGATGATTGTGAACTGGCAGCAGCAGCAGC Lung GGGAGAACT SEQ ID NO:149 Carcinoma Cutaneous NM_002745 22,153,417TTTATGCCCAGAACCTCATCGATGATAAGCAGTTTGCAAAGCTTCAC MelanomaACA|AAGATCTGTGACTTTGGCCTGGCCCGTGTTGCAGATCCAGACC ATGATCA SEQ ID NO: 150Thyroid NM_020630 43,610,055TGCAGCTGCAATTCCTCGAACGCCCCTGAGCCCAAGTCCTATGAAA GlandACCC|CTCCTCAGCTGAGATGACCTTCCGGAGGCCCGCCCAGGCCTT Carcinoma CCCGGTCA SEQID NO: 151 Glioblastoma NM_000964 38,504,568GGGAGGGCTGGGCACTATCTCTTCAGAACTGCTGCTCTGGGTCTCAATGG|CCTTTCGCCGACAGGTCTGGGGCGGAGCAGGCAGGCGCAGC CCCCTGCAG SEQ ID NO: 152Gastric NM_015083 37,686,884CAACCACCGCAAACACAACATTCCGCACTTCTGGCCCAAGCTGCTG AdenocarcinomaATGA|AGAGAAGAGGCCCCCTGAGCCCCCCGGACCTCCACCGCCGC CACCTCCAC SEQ ID NO: 153Invasive NM_003816 38,871,484TCCTTGGGAATTATGGGAACTGAAAAATGCTGTGATAATTGCAGGT BreastCCAG|AGACCTTTTGCCTGAAGATTTTGTGGTTTATACTTACAACAA Carcinoma GGAAGGGA SEQID NO: 154 Colon NM_030662 4,123,868CGCTATGGATGATCGAGAGGATCTGGTGTACCAGGCGAAGCTGGCC andGAGC|TGGCCCGGAGGAAGCCGGTGCTGCCGGCGCTCACCATCAAC Rectal CCTACCATC SEQ IDNO: 155 Adenocarcinoma Thyroid NM_004333 140482825ACCAAGCCAGCCAATTCTGTCTTCACCACCAAATGGATTTG GlandGTATTGGAA|GAATGAAAACACTTGGTAGACGGGACTCGAG Carcinoma TGATGATTGGGAGATTCCTSEQ ID NO: 193 Thyroid NM_004333 140487384TTCACCTGTCCAGCATCCGACCACCGAGGCTGGAGGGGGAG GlandAACACCCAG|GACTTGATTAGAGACCAAGGATTTCGTGGTG Carcinoma ATGGAGGATCAACCACAGGSEQ ID NO: 194 Thyroid NM_014390 127724776GTCAATATTGATGACTTGATTAGAGACCAAGGATTTCGTGG GlandTGATGGAGG|CACCCAGTTGGAGAAGCTGATGGAGAACATG Carcinoma CGCAATGACATTGCCAGTCSEQ ID NO: 195 Thyroid NM_004333 140487384CACCTGTCCAGCATCCGACCACCGAGGCTGGAGGGGGAGA GlandACACCCAGGA|CTTGATTAGAGACCAAGGATTTCGTGGTGAT Carcinoma GGAGGATCAACCACAGGTTSEQ ID NO: 196 Thyroid NM_004304 29543748GGCTTTCACAAGTACAGTCTACAAAAAGACCTGCTAGAGCC GlandATTATTGCC|CCGGAAACTGCCTGTGGGTTTTTACTGCAACT Carcinoma TTGAAGATGGCTTCTGTGSEQ ID NO: 197 Head NM_004304 29462609GAGGGGTCTCAGGTCCTGCTCACGAGCTCCAATGAGATGGG andTACTGTTAG|GTTGAAGATGCCCAGCACAGACACGCCGTGG Neck GACCGCATCATGGTGTTCT SEQID NO: 198 Squamous Cell Carcinoma Squamous NM_004304 29462607ACGAGGGGTCTCAGGTCCTGCTCACGAGCTCCAATGAGATG CellGGTACTGTT|AGGTTGAAGATGCCCAGCACAGACACGCCGT Lung GGGACCGCATCATGGTGTT SEQID NO: 199 Carcinoma

TABLE 6 breakpoint sequences for Table 3 Table 6 5′ 3′ 3′ Fusion GeneGene 3′ Gene 3′ Gene Name Chrom 5′ Gene Symbol 5′ Accession 5′ GeneBreakpoint Chromosome Symbol Accession Breakpoint Breakpoint SequenceSEQ ID NO: SEC16A- chr9 SEC16A NM_014866 139357445 chr9 NOTCH1 NM_0176171.39E+08 ATTGATTTCACGAATGAGG 28 NOTCH1 CAGTGGAGCAGGTGGAAGAGGAGGAGTCTGG|CCCGC GATGCTCCCAGCCCGGTGA GACCTGCCTGAATGGCGGG AAGTGTGERC1- chr12 ERC1 NM_178039 1,250,953 chr10 RET NM_020630 43612032GGACATGTTGGATGTGAAG 29 RET GAGCGGAAGGTTAATGTTC TTCAGAAGAAGG|AGGATCCAAAGTGGGAATTCCCTCG GAAGAACTTGGTTCTTGGA AAAACT ESR1/CCDC170 chr6 ESR1NM_000125 152,332,929 chr6 CCDC170 NM_025059 151,907,024CATGGAGCACCCAGGGAA 156 GCTACTGTTTGCTCCTAACT TGCTCTTGGACA|GATGGTCTCCCAGCTTGAAGCCCAAA TATCTGAGCTTGTTGAACA GTTGG RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1NM_003161 57,990,165 chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,656 CAGAATGTTTTGAGCTACT157 VMP1 TCGGGTACTTGGTAAAGGG GGCTATGGAAAG|TGCTGTC CCCGGCATAGGTCCATCTCTGCAGAAGCCATTTCAGGA GTACC VMP1/RPS6KB1 chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,758chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,987,923 GTTCATATGGTCCAACTCC 158CCCATGGTCCATGCTTTCAT TTAACTGACCC|TGTGGTGT GCCCATTTCGCTTTTGTGGTGAAGCTTCTGCCGTTGAGC CTC RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,686chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,656 AGACCTGGACCAGCCAGAG 159 VMP1GACGCGGGCTCTGAGGATG AGCTGGAGGAGG|GGTGCT GTCCCCGGCATAGGTCCATCTCTGCAGAAGCCATTTCA GGAGTA VMP1/RPS6KB1 chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,758chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,987,923 AAGTTCATATGGTCCAACT 160CCCCCATGGTCCATGCTTTC ATTTAACTGAC|CCTGTGGT GTGCCCATTTCGCTTTTGTGGTGAAGCTTCTGCCGTTGA GCC RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,606chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,656 GGTACTCCTGAAATGGCTT 161 VMP1CTGCAGAGATGGACCTATG CCGGGGACAGCA|CTTCCCT GTCTCGGAAGTCCGGGGCTGGGTAAAAGCCGTCCCGCC TCCTT RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,992,064chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,656 GTAACAGGAGCAAATACTG 162 VMP1GGAAAATATTTGCCATGAA GGTGCTTAAAAA|GTGCTGT CCCCGGCATAGGTCCATCTCTGCAGAAGCCATTTCAGG AGTAC RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 58,003,943chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,917,129 GCCTTTCAGACTGGTGGAA 163 VMP1AACTCTACCTCATCCTTGA GTATCTCAGTGG|GAGAAA ACTGGTTGTCCTGGATGTTTGAAAAGTTGGTCGTTGTCA TGGTG RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,686chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,656 AGACCTGGACCAGCCAGAG 164 VMP1GACGCGGGCTCTGAGGATG AGCTGGAGGAGG|GGTGCT GTCCCCGGCATAGGTCCATCTCTGCAGAAGCCATTTCA GGAGTA RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,990,165chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,656 CAGAATGTTTTGAGCTACT 165 VMP1TCGGGTACTTGGTAAAGGG GGCTATGGAAAG|TGCTGTC CCCGGCATAGGTCCATCTCTGCAGAAGCCATTTCAGGA GTACC RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 58,003,943chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,917,129 ATGCCTTTCAGACTGGTGG 166 VMP1AAAACTCTACCTCATCCTT GAGTATCTCAGT|GGGAGA AAACTGGTTGTCCTGGATGTTTGAAAAGTTGGTCGTTG TCATGG RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 58,009,009chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,917,215 ATATTTATGGAAGACACTG 167 VMP1CCTGCTTTTACTTGGCAGA AATCTCCATGGC|ACAAAGT TATGCCAAACGAATCCAGCAGCGGTTGAACTCAGAGGA GAAAA RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 58,009,061chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,895,132 TGGGGCATTTACATCAAAA 168 VMP1GGGGATCATCTACAGAGAC CTGAAGCCGGAG|TGGTGCT GTCCCCGGCATAGGTCCATCTCTGCAGAAGCCATTTCA GGAGT RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,625chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,703 TACCCAGCCCCGGACTTCC 169 VMP1GAGACAGGGAAGCTGAGG ACATGGCAGGAGT|ACCTG GAGGCTCAACGGCAGAAGCTTCACCACAAAAGCGAAA TGGGCACA RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,643chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,710 CCTGTGGTGTGCCCATTTC 170 VMP1GCTTTTGTGGTGAAGCTTCT GCCGTTGAGCC|TCCAGGTC TATGTCAAACACTCCTGCCATGTCCTCAGCTTCCCTGTC TCG RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,992,064chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,886,157 AACAGGAGCAAATACTGG 171 VMP1GAAAATATTTGCCATGAAG GTGCTTAAAAAGG|ACTTTG CCTCCCGGGCCAAACTGGCAGTTCAAAAACTAGTACAG AAAGTT RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 58,007,535chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,656 CTATTTATGCAGTTAGAAA 172 VMP1GAGAGGGAATATTTATGGA AGACACTGCCTG|TGCTGTC CCCGGCATAGGTCCATCTCTGCAGAAGCCATTTCAGGA GTACC RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,625chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,915,703 TGTGCCCATTTCGCTTTTGT 173 VMP1GGTGAAGCTTCTGCCGTTG AGCCTCCAGGT|ACTCCTGC CATGTCCTCAGCTTCCCTGTCTCGGAAGTCCGGGGCTGG GTA RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,990,165chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,917,129 CCAGAATGTTTTGAGCTAC 174 VMP1TTCGGGTACTTGGTAAAGG GGGCTATGGAAA|GGGAGA AAACTGGTTGTCCTGGATGTTTGAAAAGTTGGTCGTTG TCATGG RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,992,037chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,851,147 ATGGAAAGGTTTTTCAAGT 175 VMP1ACGAAAAGTAACAGGAGC AAATACTGGGAAA|ATATTT CATGGCCAGAGCAGCTCGCCTCTCAGGTGCTGAACCAG ATGATG RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,686chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,889,031 ACCTGGACCAGCCAGAGGA 176 VMP1CGCGGGCTCTGAGGATGAG CTGGAGGAGGGG|ATTCCA AATCCTTTATTTGATCTGGCTGGAATAACGTGTGGACAC TTTCT RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,686chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,886,157 ACCTGGACCAGCCAGAGGA 177 VMP1CGCGGGCTCTGAGGATGAG CTGGAGGAGGGG|GACTTT GCCTCCCGGGCCAAACTGGCAGTTCAAAAACTAGTACA GAAAGT RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,686chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,889,031 GAAAGTGTCCACACGTTAT 178 VMP1TCCAGCCAGATCAAATAAA GGATTTGGAATC|CCCTCCT CCAGCTCATCCTCAGAGCCCGCGTCCTCTGGCTGGTCC AGGTC RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,686chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,886,157 CTGGACCAGCCAGAGGACG 179 VMP1CGGGCTCTGAGGATGAGCT GGAGGAGGGGGA|CTTTGC CTCCCGGGCCAAACTGGCAGTTCAAAAACTAGTACAGA AAGTTG RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,686chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,886,157 CCTGGACCAGCCAGAGGAC 180 VMP1GCGGGCTCTGAGGATGAGC TGGAGGAGGGGG|ACTTTG CCTCCCGGGCCAAACTGGCAGTTCAAAAACTAGTACAG AAAGTT RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,686chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,886,157 ACCTGGACCAGCCAGAGGA 181 VMP1CGCGGGCTCTGAGGATGAG CTGGAGGAGGGG|GACTTT GCCTCCCGGGCCAAACTGGCAGTTCAAAAACTAGTACA GAAAGT RPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,970,686chr17 VMP1 NM_030938 57,886,157 CGCGGGCTCTGAGGATGAG 182 VMP1CTGGAGGAGGGGGA|CTTT GCCTCCCGGGCCAAACTGG CAGTTCAAAAACTAGTACA GAAAGTTGRPS6KB1/ chr17 RPS6KB1 NM_003161 57,992,064 chr17 VMP1 NM_03093857,915,656 AGTAACAGGAGCAAATACT 183 VMP1 GGGAAAATATTTGCCATGAAGGTGCTTAAAA|AGTGCTG TCCCCGGCATAGGTCCATC TCTGCAGAAGCCATTTCAG GAGTA

The disclosure provides novel gene fusions and gene fusion variants (ie,varying breakpoint locations on one or both of the partner genes)selected from those shown in Table 1-Table 3, Table 19, and Table 22 ofgene fusions such as TPM1/ALK, PRKAR1A/ALK, NCOA1/ALK, LPP/CASR,MDM2/EGFR, FGFR3/ELAVL3, B2M/GNAS, DOCK8/JAK2, HNF1B/NOTCH1,NFASC/NTRK1, SSBP2/NTRK1, SQSTM1/NTRK1, TBL1XR1/PIK3CA, AKAP13/RET,FKBP15/RET, TBL1XR1/RET, CEP85L/ROS1, CLCN6/RAF1, TRAK1/RAF1,PRKACA/AKT1, PRKACA/AKT2, MLL/FYN, ECHD1/FYN, TTC13/JAK2, SEC16A/NOTCH1,ERC1/RET, GTF2IRD1/ALK, HTATSF1/BRS3, CDH1/CCDC132, CCDC132/CDH1,ERBB2/SLC29A3, MET/TFG; TFG/MET, NOTCH2/MNDA, IRF2BP2/NTRK1,EIF2C2/PTK2, RARA/HOXB3, STAT3/ETV4, and GFAP/VIM; VIM/GFAP,TOP1/C17orf64, and TP53/KIAA0753 As a result of these discoveries, thedisclosure provides isolated gene fusion nucleic acids and sequencescomplementary thereto, amplicons, transcripts, reaction mixtures, aswell as probes that specifically recognize the nucleic acid sequences ofthe gene fusions, sequences complementary thereto, amplicons, andtranscripts. The disclosure further contemplates antisense nucleotidesfor use in the treatment of the associated disease.

Table 1-Table 3, Table 19, and Table 22 provide a list of the genefusions (Gene A/Gene B) indicating the genes involved (Gene A and GeneB), the chromosome locations, the breakpoint locations, the fusion typesand the distance. The gene fusions are shown with the associated TCGAdisease (The Cancer Genome Atlas). The cancers are shown with 3-4 letterabbreviations which are explained in more detail in the diagnosticssection.

Generally, Tables 1-3, 19, and 22 provide one or more novel gene fusionsand/or associations of gene fusions with TCGA diseases. For example,Table 19 presents novel gene fusions, and Table 22 presents novelassociations of gene fusions with TCGA diseases.

Tables 4-6, 20, and 23 provide the breakpoint sequences for the genefusions in Tables 1-3, 19, and 22. The breakpoint sequences areidentified as SEQ ID NO:1-289.

Assays and Kits

In certain embodiments, assays and methods of detection are provided.Methods for detecting gene fusions provided herein are known in the art.As non-limiting examples, such assays can include 5′ nuclease PCR assays(Applied Biosystems, Foster City, Calif.), next generation sequencingassays (Ion Torrent, Carlsbad Calif.; Illumina, San Diego, Calif.), ormicroarray assays (Skotheim et al., Molecular Cancer 2009, 8:5). In atleast one embodiment, the assays or methods include at least one primeror probe that is complementary to or encodes a gene fusion and/orbreakpoint in Tables 1-6.

In at least one embodiment, assays and methods of quantitating theamount of expression of a gene fusion are provided. The methods mayinvolve quantitating expression of one or more exons. For example,TaqMan™ Gene Expression Assays can be designed for a set of known fusiontranscripts for quantitative analysis. Such assays can be designed suchthat the primers and probe span the breakpoint region, although incertain illustrative embodiments the primers and probe are not placeddirectly on the breakpoint.

In certain embodiments, the disclosure provides a primer, a probe or aset of probes or primers that specifically recognize one or more of thegene fusions and/or breakpoints disclosed herein.

In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a composition and a kitcomprising a set of probes that specifically recognize a gene fusionselected from Tables 1-3, 19, and 22 and/or a breakpoint in Tables 4-6,20, and 23. The set of probes can be, for example a set of amplificationprimers. In another embodiment, provided herein is a composition thatincludes a set of primers that flank a gene fusion selected from Tables1-3, 19, and 22 in a target nucleic acid. The reaction mixture of thisembodiment can further include a detector probe that binds to eitherside of a breakpoint in a gene fusion selected from Tables 1-3, 19, and22, or that binds a binding region that spans the breakpoint in a genefusion selected from Tables 1-3, 19, and 22. The reaction mixture thatincludes a detector probe or does not include a detector probe, canfurther include a polymerase, dNTPs, and/or a uracil DNA deglycosylase(UDG). The polymerase and UDG are typically not from a human origin. Thereaction mixture can further include a target nucleic acid, for examplea human target nucleic acid. The human target nucleic acid can be, forexample, isolated from a biological sample from a person suspected ofhaving a cancer.

In another embodiment, provided herein is a qPCR assay, such as aTaqMan™ assay or a Molecular Beacons™ assay, that specifically amplifiesand detects a target nucleic acid that includes SEQ ID NOs: 1-289.

The disclosure also provides an isolated nucleic acid comprising atleast one sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1-289. The isolated nucleicacid can include a first primer on a 5′ end. Furthermore, the nucleicacid can be single stranded or double stranded.

The disclosure, in other embodiments, provides a kit that includes adetector probe and/or a set of probes, for example, a set ofamplification primers that specifically recognize a nucleic acidcomprising a breakpoint for a gene fusion selected from Tables 1-3, 19,and 22. For example, in certain embodiments the detector probe or set ofamplification primers are designed to amplify and/or detect a nucleicacid that includes at least one of SEQ ID NOs:1-289. The kit can furtherinclude, in a separate or in the same vessel, a component from anamplification reaction mixture, such as a polymerase, typically not fromhuman origin, dNTPs, and/or UDG. Furthermore, the kit can include acontrol nucleic acid. For example the control nucleic acid can include asequence that includes the break point in a gene fusion selected fromTables 1-3, 19, and 22.

In some embodiments there is provided a kit encompassing at least 2primer pairs and 2 detectably labeled probes. In these non-limitingembodiments, the 2 primer pairs and/or 2 detectably labeled probes form2 amplification detection assays.

The kits of the present invention may also comprise instructions forperforming one or more methods described herein and/or a description ofone or more compositions or reagents described herein. Instructionsand/or descriptions may be in printed form and may be included in a kitinsert. A kit also may include a written description of an Internetlocation that provides such instructions or descriptions.

In some embodiments, the kits and assays comprise one or more probesthat specifically recognize a target, such as a gene fusion nucleic acidsequence. In at least one embodiment, the kits and assays are diagnostickits and assays.

A kit comprising a set of probes, for example, a set of amplificationprimers that specifically recognize a nucleic acid comprising a breakpoint from Tables 4-6, 20, and 23 is provided. The kit can furtherinclude, in a separate or in the same vessel, a component from anamplification reaction mixture, such as a polymerase, typically not fromhuman origin, dNTPs, and/or UDG. Furthermore, the kit can include acontrol nucleic acid. For example the control nucleic acid can include asequence that includes the break point selected from Tables 4-6, 20, and23.

In another embodiment, a gene fusion is provided comprising at least oneof the break points in Tables 4-6, 20, and 23.

In some embodiments, a reaction mixture and a kit are provided. In someembodiments, the kit encompasses a detectable probe that selectivelybinds a gene fusion. In some embodiments, the gene fusion is any one ofthe gene fusions in Table 4, Table 5, Table 6, Table 20, or Table 23.

Thus, in some embodiments are provided a kit encompassing a reactionmixture and a detectable probe that selectively binds a gene fusion, thegene fusion being any one of the gene fusions in Table 4, Table 5, Table6, Table 20, or Table 23.

Diagnostics

Methods of diagnosing, treating, and detecting gene fusions andassociated disease are contemplated herein. The methods can includedetecting gene fusions in a subject sample.

A subject sample can be any bodily tissue or fluid that includes nucleicacids from the subject. In certain embodiments, the sample will be ablood sample comprising circulating tumor cells or cell free DNA. Inother embodiments, the sample can be a tissue, such as a canceroustissue. The cancerous tissue can be from a tumor tissue and may be freshfrozen or formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE).

The disease can be a cancer or tumor. Cancers can include, but are notlimited to, melanoma, cervical cancer, pancreatic cancer, head and necksquamous cancer, lung adenocarcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, uterinecarcinoma, ovarian cancer, glioblastoma, low grade glioma, lungadenocarcinoma, thyroid cancer, and gastric cancer.

Cancers can include but are not limited to, bladder carcinoma, breastcarcinoma, cervical cell carcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, glioblastomamultiforme, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, clear cell renal cellcarcinoma, kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma, acute myeloidleukemia, brain lower grade glioma, liver hepatocellular carcinoma, lungadenocarcinoma, squamous cell lung carcinoma, ovarian serousadenocarcinoma, prostate adenocarcinoma, rectal adenocarcinoma,cutaneous melanoma, stomach adenocarcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, anduterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma. As used herein, BLCA=bladdercarcinoma, BRCA=breast carcinoma, CESC=cervical cell carcinoma,COAD=colon adenocarcinoma, GBM=glioblastoma multiforme, HNSC=head andneck squamous cell carcinoma, KIRK=clear cell renal cell carcinoma,KIRP=kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma, LAML=acute myeloid leukemia,LGG=brain lower grade glioma, LIHC=liver hepatocellular carcinoma,LUAD=lung adenocarcinoma, LUSC=squamous cell lung carcinoma, OV=ovarianserous adenocarcinoma, PRAD=prostate adenocarcinoma, READ=rectaladenocarcinoma, SKCM=cutaneous melanoma, STAD=stomach adenocarcinoma,THCA=thyroid carcinoma, and UCEC=uterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma.

In some embodiments, a method of detecting novel gene variants or genefusions is provided, the method encompassing a reaction mixture, whereinthe novel gene variant or gene fusion is detected by the generation ofan extension product.

In another embodiment, the disclosure provides diagnostics and treatmenttargets utilizing the disclosed gene fusions and gene variants. The genefusions, gene variants and associated disease states provide targets forboth diagnosis and treatment. For instance, the presence, absence, orincreased or decreased expression of a gene fusion target or a genevariant can be used to diagnose a disease state or may be used toprognose or detect a disease state. In at least one embodiment, the genefusion or gene variant can have a high prevalence (frequency) in aparticular cancer, a medium prevalence or a low prevalence. In at leastone embodiment, the gene fusion or gene variant can have a highfrequency in one cancer or tumor and a low or medium prevalence inanother. In at least one embodiment, the gene fusion or gene variant canhave a medium or low frequency association with a cancer or tumor. In atleast one embodiment, a low or medium frequency gene fusion or genevariant can be used in combination with one or more different highfrequency biomarkers of cancers to help to diagnose, prognose oridentify a predisposition for a disease. The methods can be used forscreening for cancer in a patient or predicting the relative prospectsof a particular outcome of a cancer. For example, the presence of BRCA1or BRCA2 mutations can be analyzed in combination with the gene fusionJAK2/TTC13 for breast cancer.

A method of detecting a cancer is provided comprising amplifying anucleic acid that spans a breakpoint in a gene fusion selected fromTables 1-3, 19, and 22, for example the nucleic acid can include asequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1-289, and detecting the presence ofthe nucleic acid, wherein the presence of the nucleic acid indicates acancer is present in the sample. In another method, provided herein is amethod of detecting a cancer that includes generating an amplicon thatincludes a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1-289, and detecting thepresence of the nucleic acid, wherein the presence of the nucleic acidindicates the cancer or cancer cell is present in the sample. Theamplicon typically includes primers that are extended to form theamplicon. The cancer is selected from bladder carcinoma, breastcarcinoma, cervical cell carcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, glioblastomamultiforme, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, clear cell renal cellcarcinoma, kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma, acute myeloidleukemia, brain lower grade glioma, liver hepatocellular carcinoma, lungadenocarcinoma, squamous cell lung carcinoma, ovarian serousadenocarcinoma, prostate adenocarcinoma, rectal adenocarcinoma,cutaneous melanoma, stomach adenocarcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, anduterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma.

In another embodiment is a method to detect a cancer selected frombladder carcinoma, breast carcinoma, cervical cell carcinoma, colonadenocarcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, head and neck squamous cellcarcinoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, kidney renal papillary cellcarcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia, brain lower grade glioma, liverhepatocellular carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, squamous cell lungcarcinoma, ovarian serous adenocarcinoma, prostate adenocarcinoma,rectal adenocarcinoma, cutaneous melanoma, stomach adenocarcinoma,thyroid carcinoma, and uterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma in a sampleby detecting the presence of a gene fusion selected from Tables 1-3, 19,and 22.

New Gene Fusions

Although some of the gene fusions have been previously reported,provided herein, are numerous variations of the gene fusions in whichthe break points differ and/or that were not previously known.Nonlimiting examples of gene fusions in which the break points differand/or were not previously known include: TPM1/ALK, PRKAR1A/ALK,NCOA1/ALK, LPP/CASR, MDM2/EGFR, FGFR3/ELAVL3, B2M/GNAS, DOCK8/JAK2,HNF1B/NOTCH1, NFASC/NTRK1, SSBP2/NTRK1, SQSTM1/NTRK1, TBL1XR1/PIK3CA,AKAP13/RET, FKBP15/RET, TBL1XR1/RET, CEP85L/ROS1, CLCN6/RAF1,TRAK1/RAF1, PRKACA/AKT1, PRKACA/AKT2, MLL/FYN, ECHD1/FYN and TTC13/JAK2are novel variants with the breakpoints provided in Tables 4 and 5 asSEQ ID NOs: 1-289.

Also provided herein are numerous gene fusion variants that areassociated with one or more cancers.

Cancer Associations

New gene fusion associations with cancer(s) are presented herein. Someof the gene fusions may have been associated with specific cancers ordisease states previously. The methods herein have identified newassociations that can be used to help diagnose and/or treat the specificcancers. The gene fusions shown in Tables 1-3, 19, and 22 provide thegenes involved in the fusion and the association of that gene fusionwith one or more specific cancers. For example, the fusion PRKACA/AKT1is shown to be associated with colon adenocarcinoma and endometrialendometrioid adenocarcinoma.

The gene fusions shown in Table 3 are previously known gene fusions thathave been shown to be associated with new cancers. For example,SEC16A/NOTCH1 was previously identified as associated with breastcancer. Current methods identified an association of the gene fusionSEC16A/NOTCH1 with thyroid gland carcinoma. Further, ERC1/RET waspreviously identified as associated with thyroid cancer. Current methodsidentified an association of the gene fusion ERC1/RET with invasivebreast carcinoma (see Tables 3 and 6).

Reaction Mixtures and Amplicons

In another embodiment, the disclosure provides a reaction mixturecomprising a probe or a set of probes that specifically recognize a genefusion selected from Table 1-Table 3, Table 19, and Table 22. The set ofprobes can be, for example a set of amplification primers or a labeledprobe. In another embodiment, provided herein is a reaction mixture thatincludes a set of primers that flank a gene fusion selected from Table1-Table 3, Table 19, and Table 22 in a target nucleic acid. For example,the set of primers can each bind to a target sequence in the humangenome within 1000, 750, 500, 250, 100, 90, 80, 75, 70, 65, 50, or 25nucleotides of opposite sides of the one of the fusion breakpointsidentified in Tables 4-6, 20, and 23. The reaction mixture of thisembodiment can further include a detector probe that binds to eitherside of a breakpoint in a gene fusion selected from Table 1-Table 3,Table 19, and Table 22, or that binds a binding region that spans thebreakpoint in a gene fusion selected from Table 1-Table 3, Table 19, andTable 22, including specific embodiments where the breakpoint isidentified in Tables 4-6, 20, and 23. In exemplary embodiments, thedetector probe binds to a target sequence in the human genome within1000, 750, 500, 250, 100, 90, 80, 75, 70, 60, 50, or 25 nucleotides ofone of the fusion breakpoints identified in Tables 4-6, 20, and 23. Thereaction mixture that includes a detector probe or does not include adetector probe, can further include a polymerase, a reversetranscriptase, dNTPs, and/or a uracil DNA deglycosylase (UDG). Thepolymerase, the reverse transcriptase, and the UDG are typically notfrom human origin. The polymerase in illustrative embodiments is athermostable polymerase such as a Taq polymerase. In certainembodiments, the dNTPs in the reaction mixture include dUTP, and thereaction mixture can in certain examples, be devoid of dTTP.

The reaction mixture can further include a target nucleic acid, forexample a human target nucleic acid. The human target nucleic acid canbe, for example, isolated from a biological sample, such as a tumorsample, from a person suspected of having a cancer selected from:BLCA=bladder carcinoma, BRCA=breast carcinoma, CESC=cervical cellcarcinoma, COAD=colon adenocarcinoma, GBM=glioblastoma multiforme,HNSC=head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, KIRK=clear cell renal cellcarcinoma, KIRP=kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma, LAML=acutemyeloid leukemia, LGG=brain lower grade glioma, LIHC=liverhepatocellular carcinoma, LUAD=lung adenocarcinoma, LUSC=squamous celllung carcinoma, OV=ovarian serous adenocarcinoma, PRAD=prostateadenocarcinoma, READ=rectal adenocarcinoma, SKCM=cutaneous melanoma,STAD=stomach adenocarcinoma, THCA=thyroid carcinoma, and UCEC=uterinecorpus endometrioid carcinoma. In certain embodiments, the targetnucleic acid is from a tumor, for example a tumor of one of the cancertypes listed in the preceding sentence. Furthermore, the target nucleicacid can be extracted from a biological sample from a tumor such as, forexample, an FFPE sample.

The reaction mixtures of the present invention can include an amplicon.The amplicon can be for example, an isolated nucleic acid. The ampliconcan be between 25 and 2500, between 25 and 2000, between 25 and 1000,between 50 and 1000, between 50 and 500, between 50 and 250, between 50and 200, between 50 and 150, between 50 and 100, or between 50 and 75nucleotides in length, for example.

The amplicon can have a nucleotide sequence that is identical orcomplementary to the target sequence in the human genome within 1000,750, 500, 250, 100, 90, 80, 75, 70, 65, 50, or 25 nucleotides ofopposite sides of the one of the fusion breakpoints identified in Tables4-6, 20, and 23. In certain embodiments, the amplicon includes 25 to250, 25 to 100, 25 to 75, 50 to 250, 50 to 200, 50 to 150, 50 to 100, or50 to 75 of the nucleotide sequence provided in FIGS. 4-6, or acomplement thereof. In certain embodiments the amplicons includessequence variants that occur in nature. For example, the amplicons mayinclude variable nucleotide sequences that correspond to singlenucleotide variants or naturally occurring alleles.

Amplicons of the present invention, in certain illustrative embodiments,have a chemical structure that is not found in nature, and/or not foundin a mammal, such as a human. For example, certain illustrativeamplicons include a base that is not found in nature or not found in amammal or that may not be found bound to the type of sugar-phosphatebackbone of the amplicon. For example, the amplicon might be a DNAamplicon that includes a uracil base bound to the sugar phosphatebackbone, thus having a uridine residue at least at one position and inillustrative examples, at all positions that contain a thymidine residuein a template.

Accordingly, the amplicon in illustrative embodiments is a DNA ampliconthat includes one or more deoxyuridine (“dU”) residues. The dU residuecan be added by including such residues in the primers used to generatethe amplicon. In certain embodiments the reaction mixture includes a DNAamplicon that includes one or more dU residues for every deoxythymidineresidue in the corresponding human genomic sequence. These amplcons canbe generated, for example, by using a dNTP mix that includes dUTPinstead of dTTP when generating the amplicon using an amplificationreaction such as PCR.

In certain embodiments, the amplicon includes a segment for which acorresponding sequence is not found in the human genome, such as, forexample, an oligonucleotide sequence, for example a DNA barcodesequence. The non-human segment can be for example, 5-10,000, 5-5000,5-1000, 5-500, 5-100, 5-50, 5-25, 5-10, 10-10,000, 10-5000, 10-1000,10-500, 10-100, 10-50, or 10-25 nucleotides in length.

In certain embodiments, the amplicon includes segment that correspondsto the region of the human genome that spans an intron, but the amplicondoes not include a segment corresponding to the intron.

Gene Variants (Table 7 and/or Table 11)

TABLE 11 Gain of Function mutations Tu- Tu- mor mor Pan- Seq Seq CBIDisease Refer- Al- Al- Anno- CBI Gene Chromo- Start Variant ence lelelele tation Variant Variant Variant Variant Cancer Type Symbol somePosition Type Allele 1 2 Source Transcript Change PositionClassification Category Prostate ACOT7 1 6387379 SNP A G G OncomineNM_007274 p.V202A p.V202 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaSquamous Cell ACOT7 1 6387379 SNP A G G Oncomine NM_007274 p.V202Ap.V202 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung Carcinoma Clear Cell Renal ACOT7 16387379 SNP A G G Oncomine NM_007274 p.V202A p.V202 Missense_MutationHotspot Cell Carcinoma Prostate ANAPC1 2 112625621 SNP G C C OncomineNM_022662 p.P222A p.P222 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaMedulloblastoma ANAPC1 2 112625621 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_022662 p.P222Ap.P222 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Gastric ANAPC1 2 112625621 SNP G C COncomine NM_022662 p.P222A p.P222 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Lung ANAPC1 2 112625621 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_022662p.P222A p.P222 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Papillary RenalCell ANAPC1 2 112625621 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_022662 p.P222A p.P222Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma Colorectal C2orf69 2 200498052 SNP GA A Oncomine NM_153689 p.R119H p.R119 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Gastric C2orf69 2 200789806 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_153689p.R119C p.R119 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Gastric C2orf692 200789807 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_153689 p.R119H p.R119Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous C4orf22 4 81791162SNP C T T Oncomine NM_152770 p.R117C p.R117 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous C4orf22 4 81791162 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_152770p.R117C p.R117 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous C4orf22 481504291 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_152770 p.T96M p.T96 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Thyroid Gland C4orf22 4 81504291 SNP C T T OncomineNM_152770 p.T96M p.T96 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Papillary CarcinomaLung C4orf3 4 120221638 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001001701 p.R18Q p.R18Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Ductal Breast C4orf3 4120221638 SNP C C G Oncomine NM_001001701 p.R18P p.R18 Missense_MutationHotspot Carcinoma Lung C4orf3 4 120221638 SNP C T T OncomineNM_001001701 p.R18Q p.R18 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaProstate CACNG3 16 24373167 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_006539 p.R311C p.R311Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous CACNG3 16 24372868SNP C T T Oncomine NM_006539 p.S211F p.S211 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Lung CACNG3 16 24372930 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_006539 p.R232Wp.R232 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Glioblastoma CACNG3 1624366270 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_006539 p.A138T p.A138 Missense_MutationHotspot Astrocytoma CACNG3 16 24373167 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_006539p.R311C p.R311 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Colorectal CACNG3 16 24273772SNP C T T Oncomine NM_006539 p.A138V p.A138 Missense_Mutation HotspotMucinous Adenocarcinoma Colorectal CACNG3 16 24273771 SNP G A A OncomineNM_006539 p.A138T p.A138 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma LungCACNG3 16 24372930 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_006539 p.R232W p.R232Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Squamous Cell CACNG3 1624373168 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_006539 p.R311P p.R311 Missense_MutationHotspot Lung Carcinoma Squamous Cell CACNG3 16 24373168 SNP G A AOncomine NM_006539 p.R311H p.R311 Missense_Mutation Hotspot LungCarcinoma Cutaneous CACNG3 16 24372930 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_006539p.R232W p.R232 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous CACNG3 1624372868 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_006539 p.S211F p.S211 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous CCDC61 19 46498687 SNP G A A OncomineNM_001080402 p.E29K p.E29 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma CutaneousCCDC61 19 46498700 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001080402 p.S33F p.S33Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous CCDC61 19 46498687 SNP G AA Oncomine NM_001080402 p.E29K p.E29 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaProstate Carcinoma CDC27 17 45234367 SNP A A T Oncomine NM_001256p.S252T p.S252 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cutaneous CDC27 17 45234366 SNPG A A Oncomine NM_001256 p.S252F p.S252 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Chromophobe Renal CDC27 17 45234367 SNP A A T OncomineNM_001256 p.S252T p.S252 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell CarcinomaCutaneous CNTN5 11 100169975 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_014361 p.E823K p.E823Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous CNTN5 11 100170080 SNP G AA Oncomine NM_014361 p.G858R p.G858 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous CNTN5 11 99932099 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_014361 p.S379F p.S379Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous CNTN5 11 99715827 SNP G A AOncomine NM_014361 p.R137Q p.R137 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaColorectal CNTN5 11 99221037 SNP G T T Oncomine NM_014361 p.R137L p.R137Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Colorectal CNTN5 11 99221037SNP G A A Oncomine NM_014361 p.R137Q p.R137 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Cutaneous CNTN5 11 99690287 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_014361p.S23F p.S23 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous CNTN5 11100169975 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_014361 p.E823K p.E823 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous CNTN5 11 99932099 SNP C T T OncomineNM_014361 p.S379F p.S379 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma CutaneousCNTN5 11 100170081 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_014361 p.G858E p.G858Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous CNTN5 11 99715827 SNP G A AOncomine NM_014361 p.R137Q p.R137 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous CNTN5 11 100126527 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_014361 p.E681K p.E681Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous CNTN5 11 100170080 SNP G AA Oncomine NM_014361 p.G858R p.G858 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaAstrocytoma CXCR2 2 219000407 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_001557 p.A295Pp.A295 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Endometrial CXCR2 2 218999763 SNP G G AOncomine NM_001557 p.R80H p.R80 Missense_Mutation Hotspot EndometrioidAdenocarcinoma Squamous Cell CXCR2 2 218999763 SNP G A A OncomineNM_001557 p.R80H p.R80 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung CarcinomaCutaneous CXCR2 2 219000488 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001557 p.R322C p.R322Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous CXCR2 2 219000408 SNP C T TOncomine NM_001557 p.A295V p.A295 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous DCD 12 55039462 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_053283 p.E43K p.E43Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous DCD 12 55039462 SNP C T TOncomine NM_053283 p.E43K p.E43 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous DSCR6 21 38390367 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_018962 p.E145K p.E145Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Lung DUX4L2 10 135491125 SNP G A AOncomine NM_001127386 p.A246T p.A246 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Lung DUX4L2 10 135491123 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386p.G245D p.G245 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma InfiltratingBladder DUX4L2 10 135491113 SNP G T T Oncomine NM_001127386 p.A242Sp.A242 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Urothelial Carcinoma GlioblastomaDUX4L2 10 135491113 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386 p.A242T p.A242Missense_Mutation Hotspot Glioblastoma DUX4L2 10 135491125 SNP G A AOncomine NM_001127386 p.A246T p.A246 Missense_Mutation HotspotGlioblastoma DUX4L2 10 135491123 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386 p.G245Dp.G245 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Astrocytoma DUX4L2 10 135491112 SNP C AA Oncomine NM_001127386 p.F241L p.F241 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Headand Neck DUX4L2 10 135491125 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386 p.A246Tp.A246 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Head and NeckDUX4L2 10 135491123 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386 p.G245D p.G245Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Head and Neck DUX4L210 135491112 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_001127386 p.F241L p.F241Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cutaneous DUX4L2 10135491107 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386 p.A240T p.A240Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous DUX4L2 10 135491123 SNP G AA Oncomine NM_001127386 p.G245D p.G245 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous DUX4L2 10 135491125 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386p.A246T p.A246 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous DUX4L2 10135491113 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386 p.A242T p.A242Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous DUX4L2 10 135491112 SNP C AA Oncomine NM_001127386 p.F241L p.F241 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Papillary Renal Cell DUX4L2 10 135491112 SNP C A A OncomineNM_001127386 p.F241L p.F241 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma ThyroidGland DUX4L2 10 135491125 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386 p.A246T p.A246Missense_Mutation Hotspot Papillary Carcinoma Thyroid Gland DUX4L2 10135491107 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386 p.A240T p.A240Missense_Mutation Hotspot Papillary Carcinoma Thyroid Gland DUX4L2 10135491113 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386 p.A242T p.A242Missense_Mutation Hotspot Papillary Carcinoma Thyroid Gland DUX4L2 10135491123 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001127386 p.G245D p.G245Missense_Mutation Hotspot Papillary Carcinoma Cutaneous EDDM3A 1421216002 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_006683 p.R88Q p.R88 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Glioblastoma EDDM3A 14 21216002 SNP G A A OncomineNM_006683 p.R88Q p.R88 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Colorectal EDDM3A 1420285842 SNP G G A Oncomine NM_006683 p.R88Q p.R88 Missense_MutationHotspot Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous EDDM3A 14 21216002 SNP G A AOncomine NM_006683 p.R88Q p.R88 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaDuctal Breast ENDOU 12 48110712 SNP G G A Oncomine NM_006025 p.P130Lp.P130 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma Endometrial ENDOU 12 48110712SNP G G A Oncomine NM_006025 p.P130L p.P130 Missense_Mutation HotspotEndometrioid Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous ENDOU 12 48110713 SNP G C COncomine NM_006025 p.P130A p.P130 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaColorectal ERAS X 48572767 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_181532 p.A97V p.A97Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Endometrial ERAS X 48687822 SNPG G A Oncomine NM_181532 p.A97T p.A97 Missense_Mutation HotspotEndometrioid Adenocarcinoma Lung ERAS X 48687822 SNP G A A OncomineNM_181532 p.A97T p.A97 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaCutaneous FABP1 2 88425751 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001443 p.E62K p.E62Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous FABP1 2 88425751 SNP C T TOncomine NM_001443 p.E62K p.E62 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaMedulloblastoma FAM22F 9 97080945 DEL AGA * * Oncomine NM_017561p.S691_in_frame_del p.S691_in_frame_del In_Frame_Del Hotspot CervicalSquamous FAM22F 9 97082793 SNP C G G Oncomine NM_017561 p.K355N p.K355Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma Colorectal FAM22F 9 96122614SNP C G G Oncomine NM_017561 p.K355N p.K355 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Cutaneous FAM22F 9 97080945 DEL AGA — — OncomineNM_017561 p.S691_in_frame_del p.S691_in_frame_del In_Frame_Del HotspotMelanoma Prostate FAM22F 9 97080945 DEL AGA — — Oncomine NM_017561p.S691_in_frame_del p.S691_in_frame_del In_Frame_Del HotspotAdenocarcinoma Thyroid Gland FAM22F 9 97080945 DEL AGA — — OncomineNM_017561 p.S691_in_frame_del p.S691_in_frame_del In_Frame_Del HotspotCarcinoma, NOS Ductal Breast FBXW8 12 117465850 SNP G G A OncomineNM_012174 p.R491H p.R491 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma ColorectalFBXW8 12 115950233 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_012174 p.R491H p.R491Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Head and Neck FBXW8 12117465849 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_012174 p.R491C p.R491 Missense_MutationHotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Squamous Cell FBXW8 12 117465849 SNP C TT Oncomine NM_012174 p.R491C p.R491 Missense_Mutation Hotspot LungCarcinoma Cutaneous FBXW8 12 117465849 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_012174p.R491C p.R491 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Glioblastoma FHL3 138463709 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_004468 p.P143S p.P143 Missense_MutationHotspot Lung FHL3 1 38463709 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_004468 p.P143S p.P143Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Thyroid Gland FHL3 1 38463709SNP G C C Oncomine NM_004468 p.P143A p.P143 Missense_Mutation HotspotPapillary Carcinoma Colorectal GGT1 22 23340828 SNP G A A OncomineNM_005265 p.G84S p.G84 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaCutaneous GK2 4 80327859 SNP C G G Oncomine NM_033214 p.R499P p.R499Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous GK2 4 80328367 SNP G A AOncomine NM_033214 p.R330C p.R330 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous GK2 4 80327860 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_033214 p.R499C p.R499Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Lung GK2 4 80328367 SNP G A AOncomine NM_033214 p.R330C p.R330 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Glioblastoma GK2 4 80328891 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_033214p.R155L p.R155 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Colorectal GK2 4 80547121 SNP GA A Oncomine NM_033214 p.R420C p.R420 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Endometrial GK2 4 80328892 SNP G G A Oncomine NM_033214p.R155C p.R155 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Endometrioid AdenocarcinomaHead and Neck GK2 4 80327860 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_033214 p.R499C p.R499Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lung GK2 4 80328679SNP G A A Oncomine NM_033214 p.P226S p.P226 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Squamous Cell GK2 4 80328678 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_033214p.P226L p.P226 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung Carcinoma Cutaneous GK2 480328892 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_033214 p.R155C p.R155 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous GK2 4 80328367 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_033214p.R330C p.R330 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous GK2 480327860 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_033214 p.R499C p.R499 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous GK2 4 80328097 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_033214p.R420C p.R420 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous GK2 480328679 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_033214 p.P226S p.P226 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Glioblastoma GOLGA6L10 15 83014132 SNP C G G OncomineNM_001164465 p.E151Q p.E151 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Ductal BreastGOLGA6L10 15 83014132 SNP C C G Oncomine NM_001164465 p.E151Q p.E151Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma Head and Neck GOLGA6L10 15 83014132SNP C G G Oncomine NM_001164465 p.E151Q p.E151 Missense_Mutation HotspotSquamous Cell Carcinoma Clear Cell Renal GOLGA6L10 15 83014132 SNP C G GOncomine NM_001164465 p.E151Q p.E151 Missense_Mutation Hotspot CellCarcinoma Thyroid Gland GOLGA6L10 15 83014132 SNP C G G OncomineNM_001164465 p.E151Q p.E151 Missense_Mutation Hotspot PapillaryCarcinoma Cutaneous GPX7 1 53072530 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_015696 p.R105Cp.R105 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Head and Neck GPX7 1 53072531SNP G T T Oncomine NM_015696 p.R105L p.R105 Missense_Mutation HotspotSquamous Cell Carcinoma Lung GPX7 1 53072531 SNP G A A OncomineNM_015696 p.R105H p.R105 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaCutaneous GTSF1 12 54858877 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_144594 p.P31S p.P31Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous GTSF1 12 54858877 SNP G A AOncomine NM_144594 p.P31S p.P31 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Headand Neck H3F3A 1 226252059 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_002107 p.R3C p.R3Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Astrocytoma H3F3A 1226252059 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_002107 p.R3C p.R3 Missense_MutationHotspot Cervical Squamous H3F3A 1 226252059 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_002107p.R3C p.R3 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma Small Cell LungHDDC2 6 125661566 SNP C G G Oncomine NM_016063 p.R101P p.R101Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma Small Cell Lung HDDC2 6 125619867SNP C G G Oncomine NM_016063 p.R101P p.R101 Missense_Mutation HotspotCarcinoma Head and Neck HDDC2 6 125619867 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_016063p.R101Q p.R101 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell CarcinomaCutaneous HEXDC 17 80400154 SNP A C C Oncomine NM_173620 p.T482P p.T482Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Squamous Cell HEXDC 17 80400154 SNP AC C Oncomine NM_173620 p.T482P p.T482 Missense_Mutation Hotspot LungCarcinoma Clear Cell Renal HEXDC 17 80400154 SNP A C C OncomineNM_173620 p.T482P p.T482 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma SmallCell Lung HIST1H4C 6 26212357 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_003542 p.R68P p.R68Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma Head and Neck HIST1H4C 6 26104378SNP G C C Oncomine NM_003542 p.R68P p.R68 Missense_Mutation HotspotSquamous Cell Carcinoma Cutaneous HNRNPCL1 1 12907971 SNP C T T OncomineNM_001013631 p.D58N p.D58 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma MelanomaHNRNPCL1 1 12907847 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001013631 p.R99Q p.R99Missense_Mutation Hotspot Colorectal HNRNPCL1 1 12830231 SNP G A AOncomine NM_001013631 p.R167W p.R167 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Endometrial HNRNPCL1 1 12907644 SNP G G A OncomineNM_001013631 p.R167W p.R167 Missense_Mutation Hotspot EndometrioidAdenocarcinoma Gastric HNRNPCL1 1 12907847 SNP C T T OncomineNM_001013631 p.R99Q p.R99 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma LungHNRNPCL1 1 12907643 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_001013631 p.R167L p.R167Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous HNRNPCL1 1 12907847SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001013631 p.R99Q p.R99 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous HNRNPCL1 1 12907865 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001013631p.G93E p.G93 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous HNRNPCL1 112907971 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001013631 p.D58N p.D58 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Prostate HRCT1 9 35906559 SNP A C C OncomineNM_001039792 p.H92P p.H92 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaGlioblastoma HRCT1 9 35906348 DEL CTG — — Oncomine NM_001039792p.L22_in_frame_del p.L22_in_frame_del In_Frame_Del Hotspot Ductal BreastHRCT1 9 35906348 DEL CTG CTG — Oncomine NM_001039792 p.L22_in_frame_delp.L22_in_frame_del In_Frame_Del Hotspot Carcinoma Cervical SquamousHRCT1 9 35906559 SNP A C C Oncomine NM_001039792 p.H92P p.H92Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma Gastric HRCT1 9 35906584 DELCCA — — Oncomine NM_001039792 p.L100_in_frame_del p.L100_in_frame_delIn_Frame_Del Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous HRCT1 9 35906348 DEL CTG —— Oncomine NM_001039792 p.L22_in_frame_del p.L22_in_frame_delIn_Frame_Del Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous HRCT1 9 35906559 SNP A C COncomine NM_001039792 p.H92P p.H92 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaPapillary Renal Cell HRCT1 9 35906584 DEL CCA — — Oncomine NM_001039792p.L100_in_frame_del p.L100_in_frame_del In_Frame_Del Hotspot CarcinomaPapillary Renal Cell HRCT1 9 35906559 SNP A C C Oncomine NM_001039792p.H92P p.H92 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma Thyroid Gland HRCT1 935906584 DEL CCA — — Oncomine NM_001039792 p.L100_in_frame_delp.L100_in_frame_del In_Frame_Del Hotspot Carcinoma, NOS Colorectal IL3 5131425967 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_000588 p.A90T p.A90 Missense_MutationHotspot Adenocarcinoma Gastric IL3 5 131398068 SNP G A A OncomineNM_000588 p.A90T p.A90 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaPancreatic Ductal JAM3 11 134014849 SNP G A G Oncomine NM_032801 p.R191Hp.R191 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Lobular Breast JAM3 11134014849 SNP G G A Oncomine NM_032801 p.R191H p.R191 Missense_MutationHotspot Carcinoma Gastric JAM3 11 134014848 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_032801p.R191C p.R191 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous KCNK98 140631316 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_016601 p.D104N p.D104Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Endometrial KCNK9 8 140630833 SNP C CT Oncomine NM_016601 p.A265T p.A265 Missense_Mutation HotspotEndometrioid Adenocarcinoma Lung KCNK9 8 140630832 SNP G A A OncomineNM_016601 p.A265V p.A265 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaSquamous Cell KCNK9 8 140630833 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_016601 p.A265Tp.A265 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung Carcinoma Cutaneous KCNK9 8140631316 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_016601 p.D104N p.D104 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Glioblastoma KLK6 19 51466671 SNP C T T OncomineNM_002774 p.R111H p.R111 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Colorectal KLK6 1956158484 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_002774 p.R111C p.R111 Missense_MutationHotspot Mucinous Adenocarcinoma Endometrial KLK6 19 51466671 SNP C C TOncomine NM_002774 p.R111H p.R111 Missense_Mutation Hotspot EndometrioidAdenocarcinoma Cutaneous KLK6 19 51462556 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_002774p.P200L p.P200 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Prostate KLK6 1951462556 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_002774 p.P200L p.P200 Missense_MutationHotspot Adenocarcinoma Clear Cell Renal KLK6 19 51462556 SNP G A AOncomine NM_002774 p.P200L p.P200 Missense_Mutation Hotspot CellCarcinoma Colorectal KRTAP12-4 21 44898950 SNP T G G Oncomine NM_198698p.T4P p.T4 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Ovarian SerousKRTAP12-4 21 44898949 SNP G G A Oncomine NM_198698 p.T4I p.T4Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous KRTAP4- 17 39274424SNP G C C Oncomine NM_033059 p.S48R p.S48 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma 11 Cutaneous KRTAP4- 17 39274206 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_033059p.R121K p.R121 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma 11 Lung KRTAP4- 1739274150 SNP T A A Oncomine NM_033059 p.S140C p.S140 Missense_MutationHotspot Adenocarcinoma 11 Lung KRTAP4- 17 39274206 SNP C T T OncomineNM_033059 p.R121K p.R121 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma 11Glioblastoma KRTAP4- 17 39274424 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_033059 p.S48Rp.S48 Missense_Mutation Hotspot 11 Oligodendroglioma KRTAP4- 17 39274087SNP G C C Oncomine NM_033059 p.L161V p.L161 Missense_Mutation Hotspot 11Ductal Breast KRTAP4- 17 39274087 SNP G G C Oncomine NM_033059 p.L161Vp.L161 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma 11 Cervical Squamous KRTAP4-17 39274424 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_033059 p.S48R p.S48 Missense_MutationHotspot Cell Carcinoma 11 Cervical Squamous KRTAP4- 17 39274087 SNP G CC Oncomine NM_033059 p.L161V p.L161 Missense_Mutation Hotspot CellCarcinoma 11 Cervical Squamous KRTAP4- 17 39274150 SNP T A A OncomineNM_033059 p.S140C p.S140 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma 11Head and Neck KRTAP4- 17 39274424 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_033059 p.S48Rp.S48 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell 11 Carcinoma Head and NeckKRTAP4- 17 39274206 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_033059 p.R121K p.R121Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell 11 Carcinoma Head and NeckKRTAP4- 17 39274087 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_033059 p.L161V p.L161Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell 11 Carcinoma Head and NeckKRTAP4- 17 39274150 SNP T A A Oncomine NM_033059 p.S140C p.S140Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell 11 Carcinoma Head and NeckKRTAP4- 17 39274291 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_033059 p.M93V p.M93Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell 11 Carcinoma Head and NeckKRTAP4- 17 39274416 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_033059 p.R51K p.R51Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell 11 Carcinoma Lung KRTAP4- 1739274424 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_033059 p.S48R p.S48 Missense_MutationHotspot Adenocarcinoma 11 Lung KRTAP4- 17 39274206 SNP C T T OncomineNM_033059 p.R121K p.R121 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma 11Cutaneous KRTAP4- 17 39274150 SNP T A A Oncomine NM_033059 p.S140Cp.S140 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma 11 Cutaneous KRTAP4- 1739274206 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_033059 p.R121K p.R121 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma 11 Cutaneous KRTAP4- 17 39274424 SNP G C C OncomineNM_033059 p.S48R p.S48 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma 11 CutaneousKRTAP4- 17 39274087 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_033059 p.L161V p.L161Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma 11 Cutaneous KRTAP4- 17 39274416 SNPC T T Oncomine NM_033059 p.R51K p.R51 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma11 Clear Cell Renal KRTAP4- 17 39274291 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_033059p.M93V p.M93 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma 11 Clear CellRenal KRTAP4- 17 39274206 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_033059 p.R121K p.R121Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma 11 Clear Cell Renal KRTAP4- 1739274150 SNP T A A Oncomine NM_033059 p.S140C p.S140 Missense_MutationHotspot Cell Carcinoma 11 Papillary Renal Cell KRTAP4- 17 39274087 SNP GC C Oncomine NM_033059 p.L161V p.L161 Missense_Mutation HotspotCarcinoma 11 Thyroid Gland KRTAP4- 17 39274424 SNP G C C OncomineNM_033059 p.S48R p.S48 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Papillary Carcinoma 11Papillary Renal Cell KRTAP4-7 17 39240900 SNP T G G Oncomine NM_033061p.L148V p.L148 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma Cutaneous LAD1 1201354881 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_005558 p.R360Q p.R360 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous LAD1 1 201352246 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_005558p.E448K p.E448 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Clear Cell Renal LAD11 201354881 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_005558 p.R360L p.R360Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma Melanoma LELP1 1 153177244 SNPC T T Oncomine NM_001010857 p.P21S p.P21 Missense_Mutation HotspotCutaneous LELP1 1 153177437 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001010857 p.S85F p.S85Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous LELP1 1 153177245 SNP C T TOncomine NM_001010857 p.P21L p.P21 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous LELP1 1 153177244 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001010857 p.P21S p.P21Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous LOC100509575 X 47972582 SNPG A A Oncomine NM_001205103 p.R96H p.R96 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Lobular Breast LOC100509575 X 47972582 SNP G G A OncomineNM_001205103 p.R96H p.R96 Missense_Mutation Hotspot CarcinomaEndometrial LOC100509575 X 47972581 SNP C C T Oncomine NM_001205103p.R96C p.R96 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Endometrioid AdenocarcinomaGlioblastoma MUC4 3 195516064 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_018406 p.R796Qp.R796 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Ductal Breast MUC4 3 195516064 SNP C CT Oncomine NM_018406 p.R796Q p.R796 Missense_Mutation Hotspot CarcinomaLung MUC4 3 195516064 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_018406 p.R796Q p.R796Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Glioblastoma NAB2 12 57485446SNP T C C Oncomine NM_005967 p.F208L p.F208 Missense_Mutation HotspotOligodendroglioma NAB2 12 57485446 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_005967 p.F208Lp.F208 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Head and Neck NAB2 12 57485446 SNP T CC Oncomine NM_005967 p.F208L p.F208 Missense_Mutation Hotspot SquamousCell Carcinoma Lung NAB2 12 57485446 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_005967p.F208L p.F208 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous NAB212 57485446 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_005967 p.F208L p.F208Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Glioblastoma NBPF10 1 145324371 SNP TC C Oncomine NM_001039703 p.V1189A p.V1189 Missense_Mutation HotspotAstrocytoma NBPF10 1 145360584 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001039703 p.G3070Ep.G3070 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cutaneous NBPF10 1 145360584 SNP G A AOncomine NM_001039703 p.G3070E p.G3070 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous NSFL1C 20 1426360 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_016143p.R301W p.R301 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Colorectal NSFL1C 201374360 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_016143 p.R301W p.R301 Missense_MutationHotspot Adenocarcinoma Endometrial NSFL1C 20 1426360 SNP G G A OncomineNM_016143 p.R301W p.R301 Missense_Mutation Hotspot EndometrioidAdenocarcinoma Head and Neck NSFL1C 20 1426360 SNP G A A OncomineNM_016143 p.R301W p.R301 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous CellCarcinoma Medulloblastoma OBP2B 9 136081795 SNP A G G Oncomine NM_014581p.S133P p.S133 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Head and Neck OBP2B 9 136081795SNP A G G Oncomine NM_014581 p.S133P p.S133 Missense_Mutation HotspotSquamous Cell Carcinoma Lung OBP2B 9 136081795 SNP A G G OncomineNM_014581 p.S133P p.S133 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaCutaneous OR2L13 1 248262729 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_175911 p.P18T p.P18Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OR2L13 1 248263173 SNP C TT Oncomine NM_175911 p.P166S p.P166 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaLung OR2L13 1 248263401 SNP A G G Oncomine NM_175911 p.T242A p.T242Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Small Cell Lung OR2L13 1248262832 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_175911 p.P52H p.P52 Missense_MutationHotspot Carcinoma Head and Neck OR2L13 1 248262831 SNP C T T OncomineNM_175911 p.P52S p.P52 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell CarcinomaLung OR2L13 1 248263401 SNP A T T Oncomine NM_175911 p.T242S p.T242Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Lung OR2L13 1 248263401 SNP A GG Oncomine NM_175911 p.T242A p.T242 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Squamous Cell OR2L13 1 248262831 SNP C T T OncomineNM_175911 p.P52S p.P52 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung CarcinomaCutaneous OR2L13 1 248263371 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_175911 p.G232R p.G232Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OR2L13 1 248263174 SNP C TT Oncomine NM_175911 p.P166L p.P166 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous OR2L13 1 248263173 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_175911 p.P166S p.P166Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OR2L13 1 248262730 SNP C TT Oncomine NM_175911 p.P18L p.P18 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous OR2L13 1 248262729 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_175911 p.P18T p.P18Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Ovarian Serous OR2L13 1 246329995 SNPG G A Oncomine NM_175911 p.G232E p.G232 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Colorectal OR2T27 1 246880778 SNP C T T OncomineNM_001001824 p.D11N p.D11 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaEndometrial Serous OR2T27 1 248813822 SNP G G A Oncomine NM_001001824p.R122C p.R122 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Gastric OR2T27 1248813821 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001001824 p.R122H p.R122Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Gastric OR2T27 1 248813773 SNPC T T Oncomine NM_001001824 p.R138H p.R138 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Head and Neck OR2T27 1 248813773 SNP C G G OncomineNM_001001824 p.R138P p.R138 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous CellCarcinoma Lung OR2T27 1 248814155 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_001001824 p.D11Yp.D11 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Lung OR2T27 1 248813773SNP C A A Oncomine NM_001001824 p.R138L p.R138 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Cutaneous OR2Z1 19 8841458 SNP C T T OncomineNM_001004699 p.S23L p.S23 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaGlioblastoma OR2Z1 19 8841802 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001004699 p.R138Cp.R138 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Gastric OR2Z1 19 8841802 SNP C T TOncomine NM_001004699 p.R138C p.R138 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Lung OR2Z1 19 8841802 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001004699p.R138C p.R138 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous OR2Z119 8841458 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001004699 p.S23L p.S23Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OR2Z1 19 8841889 SNP C T TOncomine NM_001004699 p.P167S p.P167 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous OR4E2 14 22133748 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001001912 p.G151Ep.G151 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OR4E2 14 22133973SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001001912 p.R226Q p.R226 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous OR4E2 14 22133747 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001001912p.G151R p.G151 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OR4E2 1422133748 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001001912 p.G151E p.G151Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OR51B2 11 5345263 SNP C T TOncomine NM_033180 p.E89K p.E89 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous OR51B2 11 5345040 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_033180 p.S163L p.S163Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Lung OR51B2 11 5344773 SNP G T TOncomine NM_033180 p.T252K p.T252 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Glioblastoma OR51B2 11 5344773 SNP G A A OncomineNM_033180 p.T252I p.T252 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Head and Neck OR51B211 5344774 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_033180 p.T252A p.T252 Missense_MutationHotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Squamous Cell OR51B2 11 5345101 SNP C TT Oncomine NM_033180 p.G143R p.G143 Missense_Mutation Hotspot LungCarcinoma Squamous Cell OR51B2 11 5345100 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_033180p.G143V p.G143 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung Carcinoma Cutaneous OR51B211 5345263 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_033180 p.E89K p.E89 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OR51B2 11 5345040 SNP G A A OncomineNM_033180 p.S163L p.S163 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma CutaneousOR51B2 11 5345100 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_033180 p.G143E p.G143Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Glioblastoma OR52A1 11 5172692 SNP CT T Oncomine NM_012375 p.R303H p.R303 Missense_Mutation HotspotCutaneous OR52A1 11 5172912 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_012375 p.R230C p.R230Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OR52A1 11 5172693 SNP G A AOncomine NM_012375 p.R303C p.R303 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaProstate OR52A1 11 5172911 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_012375 p.R230H p.R230Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous OR5AN1 11 59132584SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001004729 p.S218F p.S218 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous OR6T1 11 123814182 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001005187p.R122C p.R122 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Ductal Breast OR6T1 11123813896 SNP G G T Oncomine NM_001005187 p.S217Y p.S217Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma Colorectal OR6T1 11 123318974 SNP CC T Oncomine NM_001005187 p.R261H p.R261 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Colorectal OR6T1 11 123319221 SNP G A A OncomineNM_001005187 p.R179C p.R179 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MucinousAdenocarcinoma Colorectal OR6T1 11 123319106 SNP G T T OncomineNM_001005187 p.S217Y p.S217 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaCutaneous OR6T1 11 123813765 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001005187 p.R261Cp.R261 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OR6T1 11 123814011SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001005187 p.R179C p.R179 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous OR6T1 11 123813896 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001005187p.S217F p.S217 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OR6T1 11123814182 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_001005187 p.R122C p.R122Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Clear Cell Renal OR6T1 11 123814182SNP G T T Oncomine NM_001005187 p.R122S p.R122 Missense_Mutation HotspotCell Carcinoma Cutaneous OTUD5 X 48792073 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_017602p.R274Q p.R274 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Colorectal OTUD5 X48668111 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_017602 p.R412W p.R412 Missense_MutationHotspot Adenocarcinoma Colorectal OTUD5 X 48677018 SNP G A A OncomineNM_017602 p.R274W p.R274 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaEndometrial OTUD5 X 48792074 SNP G G A Oncomine NM_017602 p.R274W p.R274Missense_Mutation Hotspot Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Endometrial OTUD5X 48783167 SNP G G A Oncomine NM_017602 p.R412W p.R412 Missense_MutationHotspot Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Lung OTUD5 X 48783166 SNP C A AOncomine NM_017602 p.R412L p.R412 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Cutaneous OXA1L 14 23235902 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_005015p.P58S p.P58 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OXA1L 1423235899 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_005015 p.L57F p.L57 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous OXA1L 14 23235902 SNP C T T OncomineNM_005015 p.P58S p.P58 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma CervicalSquamous PBX2 6 32155509 SNP T A A Oncomine NM_002586 p.Y262F p.Y262Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma Gastric PBX2 6 32155509 SNP T AA Oncomine NM_002586 p.Y262F p.Y262 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Head and Neck PBX2 6 32155509 SNP T A A OncomineNM_002586 p.Y262F p.Y262 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous CellCarcinoma Squamous Cell PBX2 6 32155509 SNP T A A Oncomine NM_002586p.Y262F p.Y262 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung Carcinoma Clear Cell RenalPBX2 6 32155509 SNP T A A Oncomine NM_002586 p.Y262F p.Y262Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma Prostate PDHA2 4 96761513 SNP GA A Oncomine NM_005390 p.R71H p.R71 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Melanoma PDHA2 4 96761738 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_005390p.G146E p.G146 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cutaneous PDHA2 4 96761737 SNPG A A Oncomine NM_005390 p.G146R p.G146 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Glioblastoma PDHA2 4 96761557 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_005390p.R86C p.R86 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Colorectal PDHA2 4 96980580 SNP CT T Oncomine NM_005390 p.R86C p.R86 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Endometrial Serous PDHA2 4 96761738 SNP G G A OncomineNM_005390 p.G146E p.G146 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma LungPDHA2 4 96761513 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_005390 p.R71H p.R71Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous PDHA2 4 96761854 SNPG A A Oncomine NM_005390 p.D185N p.D185 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous PDHA2 4 96761738 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_005390 p.G146Ep.G146 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Thyroid Gland PDHA2 4 96761513SNP G A A Oncomine NM_005390 p.R71H p.R71 Missense_Mutation HotspotCarcinoma, NOS Thyroid Gland PDHA2 4 96761557 SNP C T T OncomineNM_005390 p.R86C p.R86 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Papillary CarcinomaLung POTEC 18 14543019 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_001137671 p.M43V p.M43Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Glioblastoma POTEC 18 14543019SNP T C C Oncomine NM_001137671 p.M43V p.M43 Missense_Mutation HotspotAstrocytoma POTEC 18 14513734 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001137671 p.G487Ep.G487 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Head and Neck POTEC 18 14513734 SNP C TT Oncomine NM_001137671 p.G487E p.G487 Missense_Mutation HotspotSquamous Cell Carcinoma Head and Neck POTEC 18 14543019 SNP T C COncomine NM_001137671 p.M43V p.M43 Missense_Mutation Hotspot SquamousCell Carcinoma Lung POTEC 18 14513734 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001137671p.G487E p.G487 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous POTEC18 14543019 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_001137671 p.M43V p.M43Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous POTEC 18 14542791 SNP C T TOncomine NM_001137671 p.A119T p.A119 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaClear Cell Renal POTEC 18 14542791 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001137671p.A119T p.A119 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma GlioblastomaPOTEM 14 20010235 SNP A G G Oncomine NM_001145442 p.V308A p.V308Missense_Mutation Hotspot Head and Neck POTEM 14 20010235 SNP A G GOncomine NM_001145442 p.V308A p.V308 Missense_Mutation Hotspot SquamousCell Carcinoma Cutaneous POTEM 14 20019948 SNP C T T OncomineNM_001145442 p.M91I p.M91 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma GastricPPIL1 6 36842542 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_016059 p.A3T p.A3Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Ovarian Serous PPIL1 6 36950519SNP G G A Oncomine NM_016059 p.A3V p.A3 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Papillary Renal Cell PPIL1 6 36842542 SNP C T T OncomineNM_016059 p.A3T p.A3 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma CutaneousPRAMEF20 1 13743091 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001099852 p.R94C p.R94Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Glioblastoma PRAMEF20 1 13743092 SNPG A A Oncomine NM_001099852 p.R94H p.R94 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma PRB3 12 11420548 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_006249 p.G212E p.G212Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cutaneous PRB3 12 11420963 SNP G A A OncomineNM_006249 p.R74C p.R74 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Head and NeckPRB3 12 11420963 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_006249 p.R74C p.R74Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cutaneous PRB3 1211420548 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_006249 p.G212E p.G212 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous PRB4 12 11461597 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_002723p.G107E p.G107 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous PRB4 1211461475 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_002723 p.G148R p.G148 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous PRB4 12 11461474 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_002723p.G148E p.G148 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous PROL1 471275418 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_021225 p.P125S p.P125 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous PROL1 4 71275418 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_021225p.P125S p.P125 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous PROL1 471275428 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_021225 p.P128H p.P128 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous PROL1 4 71275427 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_021225p.P128S p.P128 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous PRSS37 7141536973 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001008270 p.G169E p.G169Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous PRSS37 7 141540847 SNP C TT Oncomine NM_001008270 p.M1I p.M1 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous PRSS37 7 141536973 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001008270 p.G169Ep.G169 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous PRSS37 7 141540847SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001008270 p.M1I p.M1 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous RAB39A 11 107832799 SNP C G G Oncomine NM_017516p.R119G p.R119 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Colorectal RAB39A 11107338009 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_017516 p.R119W p.R119 Missense_MutationHotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous RAB39A 11 107832799 SNP C T T OncomineNM_017516 p.R119W p.R119 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Head andNeck RALB 2 121036297 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_002881 p.M19I p.M19Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Squamous Cell RALB 2121036296 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_002881 p.M19T p.M19 Missense_MutationHotspot Lung Carcinoma Cutaneous RALB 2 121036296 SNP T A A OncomineNM_002881 p.M19K p.M19 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaMedulloblastoma RANGAP1 22 41652800 SNP A C C Oncomine NM_002883 p.V268Gp.V268 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cervical Squamous RANGAP1 22 41652800SNP A C C Oncomine NM_002883 p.V268G p.V268 Missense_Mutation HotspotCell Carcinoma Head and Neck RANGAP1 22 41652800 SNP A C C OncomineNM_002883 p.V268G p.V268 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous CellCarcinoma Lung RANGAP1 22 41652800 SNP A C C Oncomine NM_002883 p.V268Gp.V268 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Clear Cell Renal RANGAP122 41652800 SNP A C C Oncomine NM_002883 p.V268G p.V268Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma Gastric RAP1B 12 69042539 SNP GA A Oncomine NM_015646 p.G12E p.G12 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Head and Neck RAP1B 12 69042539 SNP G A A OncomineNM_015646 p.G12E p.G12 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell CarcinomaAcute Myeloid RAP1B 12 67328806 SNP G G A Oncomine NM_015646 p.G12Ep.G12 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Leukemia Cutaneous RBMY1D Y 23702641 SNPC T T Oncomine NM_001006120 p.P124L p.P124 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Squamous Cell RBMY1D Y 23702641 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_001006120p.P124H p.P124 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung Carcinoma Cutaneous RBMY1DY 23702640 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001006120 p.P124S p.P124Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Prostate RQCD1 2 219447749 SNP C G GOncomine NM_005444 p.S87C p.S87 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaMelanoma RQCD1 2 219447749 SNP C G G Oncomine NM_005444 p.S87C p.S87Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cutaneous RQCD1 2 219449406 SNP C T T OncomineNM_005444 p.P131L p.P131 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma CutaneousRQCD1 2 219447748 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_005444 p.S87P p.S87Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous S100A7L2 1 153409566 SNP CT T Oncomine NM_001045479 p.G103R p.G103 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous S100A7L2 1 153409566 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001045479p.G103R p.G103 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous S100A7L2 1153409565 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001045479 p.G103E p.G103Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Non-Small Cell S100A8 1 153362715 SNPT C C Oncomine NM_002964 p.K49R p.K49 Missense_Mutation Hotspot LungCarcinoma, NOS Glioblastoma S100A8 1 153362715 SNP T C C OncomineNM_002964 p.K49R p.K49 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Head and Neck S100A8 1153362715 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_002964 p.K49R p.K49 Missense_MutationHotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Thyroid Gland S100A8 1 153362715 SNP T CC Oncomine NM_002964 p.K49R p.K49 Missense_Mutation Hotspot PapillaryCarcinoma Oligodendroglioma SAA2 11 18269491 SNP G A A OncomineNM_030754 p.S23L p.S23 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung SDR16C5 8 57228627SNP C A A Oncomine NM_138969 p.A94S p.A94 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Gastric SDR16C5 8 57228626 SNP G T T Oncomine NM_138969p.A94D p.A94 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous SDR16C58 57228829 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_138969 p.M26I p.M26 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous SDR16C5 8 57228854 SNP G A A OncomineNM_138969 p.S18L p.S18 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Clear CellRenal SDR16C5 8 57228627 SNP C G G Oncomine NM_138969 p.A94P p.A94Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma Cutaneous SHH 7 155596253 SNP GA A Oncomine NM_000193 p.R244C p.R244 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaLung SHH 7 155596253 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_000193 p.R244C p.R244Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous SHH 7 155596253 SNP GA A Oncomine NM_000193 p.R244C p.R244 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaProstate SLC35G3 17 33520323 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_152462 p.R335K p.R335Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Infiltrating Bladder SLC35G3 1733520323 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_152462 p.R335K p.R335 Missense_MutationHotspot Urothelial Carcinoma Glioblastoma SLC35G3 17 33520323 SNP C T TOncomine NM_152462 p.R335K p.R335 Missense_Mutation Hotspot GastricSLC35G3 17 33520323 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_152462 p.R335K p.R335Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Head and Neck SLC35G3 1733520392 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_152462 p.A312G p.A312 Missense_MutationHotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Lung SLC35G3 17 33520323 SNP C T TOncomine NM_152462 p.R335K p.R335 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Cutaneous SLC35G3 17 33520392 SNP G C C OncomineNM_152462 p.A312G p.A312 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma CutaneousSLC35G3 17 33520323 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_152462 p.R335K p.R335Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous SPATA8 15 97326937 SNP G AA Oncomine NM_173499 p.E18K p.E18 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaHead and Neck SPATA8 15 97326937 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_173499 p.E18Kp.E18 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cutaneous SPATA815 97326937 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_173499 p.E18K p.E18 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cervical Squamous SPINK13 5 147665577 SNP G A AOncomine NM_001040129 p.R84H p.R84 Missense_Mutation Hotspot CellCarcinoma Cutaneous SPINK13 5 147665576 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001040129p.R84C p.R84 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous ST6GAL2 2107459497 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_032528 p.E313K p.E313 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Colorectal ST6GAL2 2 106816941 SNP G A A OncomineNM_032528 p.S346L p.S346 Missense_Mutation Hotspot AdenocarcinomaEndometrial ST6GAL2 2 107460402 SNP C C T Oncomine NM_032528 p.R11Qp.R11 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Lung ST6GAL22 107459730 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_032528 p.G235V p.G235Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Lung ST6GAL2 2 107460276 SNP GA A Oncomine NM_032528 p.P53L p.P53 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Squamous Cell ST6GAL2 2 107460166 SNP G A A OncomineNM_032528 p.H90Y p.H90 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung Carcinoma SquamousCell ST6GAL2 2 107459731 SNP C A A Oncomine NM_032528 p.G235W p.G235Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung Carcinoma Squamous Cell ST6GAL2 2107423361 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_032528 p.E455K p.E455 Missense_MutationHotspot Lung Carcinoma Cutaneous ST6GAL2 2 107459497 SNP C T T OncomineNM_032528 p.E313K p.E313 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma CutaneousST6GAL2 2 107460402 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_032528 p.R11Q p.R11Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous ST6GAL2 2 107450509 SNP G AA Oncomine NM_032528 p.S346L p.S346 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaCutaneous ST6GAL2 2 107423361 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_032528 p.E455Kp.E455 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous ST6GAL2 2 107459496SNP T A A Oncomine NM_032528 p.E313V p.E313 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous ST6GAL2 2 107459731 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_032528p.G235R p.G235 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous ST6GAL2 2107460166 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_032528 p.H90Y p.H90 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous SYPL1 7 105739611 SNP G A A OncomineNM_006754 p.P81S p.P81 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma CutaneousSYPL1 7 105739611 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_006754 p.P81S p.P81Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Melanoma SYT1 12 79689912 SNP C T TOncomine NM_005639 p.P180S p.P180 Missense_Mutation Hotspot MelanomaSYT1 12 79679683 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_005639 p.E95K p.E95Missense_Mutation Hotspot Head and Neck SYT1 12 79611355 SNP C T TOncomine NM_005639 p.A19V p.A19 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous CellCarcinoma Acute Myeloid SYT1 12 78135485 SNP G G A Oncomine NM_005639p.A19T p.A19 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Leukemia Cutaneous SYT1 1279689912 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_005639 p.P180S p.P180 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Cutaneous SYT1 12 79679683 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_005639p.E95K p.E95 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Prostate SYT1 1279611355 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_005639 p.A19V p.A19 Missense_MutationHotspot Adenocarcinoma Lung TCEAL8 X 102508844 SNP G T T OncomineNM_153333 p.R22S p.R22 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Head andNeck TCEAL8 X 102508843 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_153333 p.R22H p.R22Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous Cell Carcinoma Clear Cell RenalTCEAL8 X 102508844 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_153333 p.R22C p.R22Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma Prostate TMEM147 19 36037641SNP C T T Oncomine NM_032635 p.A92V p.A92 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Glioblastoma TMEM147 19 36037641 SNP C T T OncomineNM_032635 p.A92V p.A92 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cutaneous WFDC5 2043739300 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_145652 p.R68C p.R68 Missense_MutationHotspot Melanoma Ductal Breast WFDC5 20 43739300 SNP G G A OncomineNM_145652 p.R68C p.R68 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Carcinoma ChromophobeRenal WFDC5 20 43739299 SNP C C T Oncomine NM_145652 p.R68H p.R68Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma Clear Cell Renal ZFAND2B 2220072989 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_138802 p.I149T p.I149 Missense_MutationHotspot Cell Carcinoma Papillary Renal Cell ZFAND2B 2 220072989 SNP T GG Oncomine NM_138802 p.I149S p.I149 Missense_Mutation Hotspot CarcinomaNon-Small Cell ZNF780A 19 40581109 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_001010880p.I414V p.I414 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung Carcinoma, NOS LungZNF780A 19 40581529 SNP C T T Oncomine NM_001010880 p.V274I p.V274Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Lung ZNF780A 19 40581535 SNP AC C Oncomine NM_001010880 p.S272A p.S272 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Oligoastrocytoma ZNF780A 19 40580552 SNP T G G OncomineNM_001010880 p.Q599H p.Q599 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cervical SquamousZNF780A 19 40580552 SNP T G G Oncomine NM_001010880 p.Q599H p.Q599Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cell Carcinoma Gastric ZNF780A 19 40581529 SNPC T T Oncomine NM_001010880 p.V274I p.V274 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Head and Neck ZNF780A 19 40581109 SNP T C C OncomineNM_001010880 p.I414V p.I414 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous CellCarcinoma Head and Neck ZNF780A 19 40580552 SNP T G G OncomineNM_001010880 p.Q599H p.Q599 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous CellCarcinoma Head and Neck ZNF780A 19 40581529 SNP C T T OncomineNM_001010880 p.V274I p.V274 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous CellCarcinoma Lung ZNF780A 19 40581109 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_001010880p.I414V p.I414 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Squamous CellZNF780A 19 40581535 SNP A C C Oncomine NM_001010880 p.S272A p.S272Missense_Mutation Hotspot Lung Carcinoma Cutaneous ZNF780A 19 40581535SNP A C C Oncomine NM_001010880 p.S272A p.S272 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Cutaneous ZNF780A 19 40581109 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_001010880p.I414V p.I414 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Thyroid Gland ZNF780A19 40581535 SNP A C C Oncomine NM_001010880 p.S272A p.S272Missense_Mutation Hotspot Follicular Carcinoma Thyroid Gland ZNF780A 1940580552 SNP T G G Oncomine NM_001010880 p.Q599H p.Q599Missense_Mutation Hotspot Papillary Carcinoma Lung ZNF844 19 12187394SNP T C C Oncomine NM_001136501 p.F487L p.F487 Missense_Mutation HotspotAdenocarcinoma Glioblastoma ZNF844 19 12187394 SNP T C C OncomineNM_001136501 p.F487L p.F487 Missense_Mutation Hotspot GlioblastomaZNF844 19 12187275 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_001136501 p.R447P p.R447Missense_Mutation Hotspot Cervical Squamous ZNF844 19 12187394 SNP T C COncomine NM_001136501 p.F487L p.F487 Missense_Mutation Hotspot CellCarcinoma Head and Neck ZNF844 19 12187275 SNP G C C OncomineNM_001136501 p.R447P p.R447 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Squamous CellCarcinoma Lung ZNF844 19 12187275 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_001136501p.R447P p.R447 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Adenocarcinoma Cutaneous ZNF84419 12187275 SNP G C C Oncomine NM_001136501 p.R447P p.R447Missense_Mutation Hotspot Melanoma Cutaneous ZNF844 19 12187394 SNP T CC Oncomine NM_001136501 p.F487L p.F487 Missense_Mutation HotspotMelanoma Oligodendroglioma ZNF845 19 53855196 SNP T C C OncomineNM_138374 p.M423T p.M423 Missense_Mutation Hotspot Thyroid Gland ZNF84519 53855196 SNP T C C Oncomine NM_138374 p.M423T p.M423Missense_Mutation Hotspot Papillary Carcinoma Thyroid Gland ZNF845 1953855197 SNP G A A Oncomine NM_138374 p.M423I p.M423 Missense_MutationHotspot Papillary Carcinoma

The disclosure provides novel gene variants and gene variant-diseasestate associations. The gene variants can have one or more mutationsthat result in a variant protein. The gene variants provided herein areassociated with certain cancers. The gene variants result in proteinvariants. The disclosure further provides probes, such as amplificationprimer sets and detection probes, as well as methods of detection,diagnosis, and treatment and kits that include or detect the genevariants disclosed herein.

The variants are shown as amino acid variants in Tables 7 and 11 withthe accession no. or the Entrez nucleotide and/or protein sequence ofthe parent or wildtype gene provided. The associations with variouscancers are shown in Tables 7 and 11. Tables 7 and 11 provide a list ofmore than 99 genes that were identified using the methods outlined inExample 2. The variations or mutations were not found in thecorresponding normal tissue. This is important because in a typicalpatient, a tumor sample can have 10's-100's of tumor specificvariations. However, variations that occur at the same place in multiplepatients (and not in the normal tissue) are more significant. 4445samples (from 4445 patients) were analyzed and list of hotspots wasprepared. A number of recurrent mutations were found at the sameposition in 15-20 different cancer types.

Diagnostics and Kits

Methods of diagnosing, treating, and detecting gene variants andassociated disease are contemplated herein. The methods can includedetecting gene fusions and/or gene variants in a subject sample. Anynumber and combination of gene fusions and/or gene variants can bedetected in any of the reaction mixtures, compositions, and kitsdisclosed herein.

In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a composition and a kitcomprising a set of probes that specifically recognize the nucleotidesequence that encodes a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/or Table11. The set of probes can be, for example a set of amplificationprimers. In another embodiment, provided herein is a composition thatincludes a set of primers that flank a gene variant that encodes one ormore variants in Table 7 and/or Table 11. The reaction mixture of thisembodiment can further include a detector probe that binds to anucleotide sequence including a gene variant selected from Table 7and/or Table 11. The reaction mixture that includes a detector probe ordoes not include a detector probe, can further include a polymerase,dNTPs, and/or a uracil DNA deglycosylase (UDG). The polymerase and UDGare typically not from a human origin. The reaction mixture can furtherinclude a target nucleic acid, for example a human target nucleic acid.The human target nucleic acid can be, for example, isolated from abiological sample from a person suspected of having a cancer. The cancercan be selected from: BLCA=bladder carcinoma, BRCA=breast carcinoma,CESC=cervical cell carcinoma, COAD=colon adenocarcinoma,GBM=glioblastoma multiforme, HNSC=head and neck squamous cell carcinoma,KIRK=clear cell renal cell carcinoma, KIRP=kidney renal papillary cellcarcinoma, LAML=acute myeloid leukemia, LGG=brain lower grade glioma,LIHC=liver hepatocellular carcinoma, LUAD=lung adenocarcinoma,LUSC=squamous cell lung carcinoma, OV=ovarian serous adenocarcinoma,PRAD=prostate adenocarcinoma, READ=rectal adenocarcinoma, SKCM=cutaneousmelanoma, STAD=stomach adenocarcinoma, THCA=thyroid carcinoma, andUCEC=uterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma.

In some embodiments a kit is provided, wherein the kit encompasses oneor more probes. In some embodiments, the kit encompasses probes for 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25,50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, 500 or more fusion genes. In someembodiments the probe is detectably labeled. In some embodiments theprobe hybridizes to the breakpoint present in the gene fusion.

In some embodiments the detection of any one of the gene variantsdisclosed in Tables 7 and 11 can be combined with the detection ofanother of the gene variants disclosed in those tables or any of thegene fusions disclosed herein. That is, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, 500or more of the gene variants can be detected in the same reaction. Insome embodiments the detected gene variants are those disclosed inTables 4-6, 7 and 11, 20, and 23 and can be combined with the detectionof another of the gene fusion disclosed in those tables. That is, 2, 3,such that 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,25, 50, 75, 100, 150, 200, 250, 500 or more of the gene fusions of canbe detected in the same reaction.

The nucleotide sequence that encodes one or more gene variants in Table7 and/or Table 11 can be any size that encompasses the variation. Forexample, the nucleotide sequence can be any size that can be easilycopied using a primer and/or detected using a probe.

In another embodiment, a set of probes that specifically recognize anucleic acid coding for a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/orTable 11 (gene variants) is provided. In another embodiment, providedherein is a set of primers that specifically amplify a target nucleicacid that codes for a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/or Table11. In another embodiment, provided herein is a qPCR assay, such as aTaqMan™ assay or a Molecular Beacons™ assay that specifically amplifiesand detects a target nucleic acid that codes for a gene variant selectedfrom Table 7 and/or Table

The disclosure also provides an isolated nucleic acid comprising atleast one sequence that includes the variation found in one or more genevariants selected from Table 7 and/or Table 11. The isolated nucleicacid can include a first primer on a 5′ end. Furthermore, the nucleicacid can be single stranded or double stranded.

The disclosure, in other embodiments, provides a kit that includes adetector probe and/or a set of probes, for example, a set ofamplification primers that specifically recognize a nucleic acid thatcodes for a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/or Table 11. Forexample, in certain embodiments the detector probe or set ofamplification primers are designed to amplify and/or detect a nucleicacid that includes at least one of a nucleic acid coding for a genevariant in Table 7 and/or Table 11. The kit can further include, in aseparate or in the same vessel, a component from an amplificationreaction mixture, such as a polymerase, typically not from human origin,dNTPs, and/or UDG. Furthermore, the kit can include a control nucleicacid. For example the control nucleic acid can include a sequence thatincludes the gene variant selected from Table 7 and/or Table 11.

A method of detecting a cancer is provided comprising amplifying anucleic acid that encodes a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/orTable 11, for example the nucleic can include a sequence from one of theaccession numbers in Table 7 and/or Table 11 except that the sequencecontains the variant that codes for the gene variants in Table 7 and/orTable 11, and detecting the presence of the nucleic acid, wherein thepresence of the nucleic acid indicates a cancer is present in thesample. In another method, provided herein is a method of detecting acancer that includes generating an amplicon that includes a sequenceselected from a sequence coding for a gene variant in Table 7 and/orTable 11, and detecting the presence of the nucleic acid, wherein thepresence of the nucleic acid indicates bladder, head and neck, or lungsquamous cell carcinoma is present in the sample. The amplicon typicallyincludes primers that are extended to form the amplicon. The cancer isselected from bladder carcinoma, breast carcinoma, cervical cellcarcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, head and necksquamous cell carcinoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, kidney renalpapillary cell carcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia, brain lower gradeglioma, liver hepatocellular carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, squamouscell lung carcinoma, ovarian serous adenocarcinoma, prostateadenocarcinoma, rectal adenocarcinoma, cutaneous melanoma, stomachadenocarcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, and uterine corpus endometrioidcarcinoma.

A kit comprising a set of probes, for example, a set of amplificationprimers that specifically recognize a nucleic acid comprising a genevariant from Table 7 and/or Table 11 is provided. The kit can furtherinclude, in a separate or in the same vessel, a component from anamplification reaction mixture, such as a polymerase, typically not fromhuman origin, dNTPs, and/or UDG. Furthermore, the kit can include acontrol nucleic acid. For example the control nucleic acid can include asequence that includes the gene variant from Table 7 and/or Table 11. Incertain embodiments, a set of probes that specifically recognize anucleic acid comprising a gene variant from Table 7 and/or Table 11 isprovided.

In another embodiment, a gene variant is provided comprising at leastone of the gene variants in Table 7 and/or Table 11.

In another embodiment is a method to detect a cancer selected frombladder carcinoma, breast carcinoma, cervical cell carcinoma, colonadenocarcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, head and neck squamous cellcarcinoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, kidney renal papillary cellcarcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia, brain lower grade glioma, liverhepatocellular carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, squamous cell lungcarcinoma, ovarian serous adenocarcinoma, prostate adenocarcinoma,rectal adenocarcinoma, cutaneous melanoma, stomach adenocarcinoma,thyroid carcinoma, and uterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma in a sampleby detecting the presence of a gene variant selected from Table 7 and/orTable 11. Gene variants, for example, can include, but are not limitedto ZNF479 variants R11Q, R295K, R295T, R295I, R345I, R345T, K438T, andT466K (see Table 8).

TABLE 18 Gene Cancer Type Symbol Druggability KM evidence AstrocytomaCXCR2 Y Endometrial Endometrioid CXCR2 Y Adenocarcinoma Squamous CellLung Carcinoma CXCR2 Y Cutaneous Melanoma CXCR2 Y Cutaneous MelanomaCXCR2 Y Colorectal Adenocarcinoma IL3 Y Gastric Adenocarcinoma IL3 YCutaneous Melanoma KCNK9 Y favorable outcome Endometrial EndometrioidKCNK9 Y Adenocarcinoma Lung Adenocarcinoma KCNK9 Y Squamous Cell LungCarcinoma KCNK9 Y poor outcome Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma, S100A8 YNOS Glioblastoma S100A8 Y Head and Neck Squamous Cell S100A8 Y CarcinomaThyroid Gland Papillary S100A8 Y Carcinoma Cutaneous Melanoma SHH Y LungAdenocarcinoma SHH Y Cutaneous Melanoma CCDC61 poor outcome CutaneousMelanoma CCDC61 poor outcome Cutaneous Melanoma CNTN5 poor outcomeCutaneous Melanoma CNTN5 poor outcome Cutaneous Melanoma CNTN5 pooroutcome Cutaneous Melanoma CNTN5 poor outcome Colorectal AdenocarcinomaCNTN5 poor outcome Colorectal Adenocarcinoma CNTN5 poor outcomeCutaneous Melanoma CNTN5 poor outcome Cutaneous Melanoma CNTN5 pooroutcome Cutaneous Melanoma CNTN5 poor outcome Cutaneous Melanoma EDDM3Apoor outcome Cutaneous Melanoma FABP1 poor outcome Lung AdenocarcinomaOR2L13 poor outcome Cutaneous Melanoma OR4E2 poor outcome CutaneousMelanoma OR4E2 poor outcome Cutaneous Melanoma OR4E2 poor outcomeCutaneous Melanoma PRSS37 poor outcome Cutaneous Melanoma PRSS37 pooroutcome Cutaneous Melanoma SPINK13 poor outcome Endometrial EndometrioidST6GAL2 poor outcome Adenocarcinoma

Table 18 provides druggablility or prognostic associations that werefiltered from Table 11. Table 18 provides the cancer type, gene symbol,druggability (Y=yes), and KM evidence for the genes identified in Table11 as druggable. The KM Evidence column provides the Kaplan-Meierevidence. The KM evidence indicates if the event type supports good orpoor prognosis in the particular cancer type.

Targeted Treatment

In at least one embodiment, the gene fusions and/or gene variants can beused to identify targeted therapies. Targeted therapies can include theidentification of agents that specifically interact with the gene fusionand/or gene variant. Targeted therapies can include, but are not limitedto, antibody therapies, antisense therapies and small moleculetherapies. Antisense therapies are discussed in more detail under theheading “antisense.”

Compositions and methods for inactivating nucleic acid moleculesinvolve, in part, the use of molecules with nucleic acid regions withsequence complementarity to the nucleic acid molecule which is thesubject of desired inactivation (i.e., a target nucleic acid molecule).Methods of the invention can be used for inactivation of gene fusionsand/or gene variants associated with specific cancers. Thus, antisensemolecules can be identified that are complementary to any of the genefusions or gene variants identified herein.

Small molecules are low molecular weight (<800 Daltons) organiccompounds that may serve as enzyme substrates or regulators ofbiological processes, with a size on the order of 10⁻⁹ m. Inpharmacology, the term is usually used for a molecule that binds to aprotein or nucleic acid, and acts as an effector, altering the activityor function of the protein or nucleic acid. Small molecules can betested for effector functions by expressing a gene fusion or variant ina cellular assay and identifying small molecules that inhibit expressionor activity of the gene fusion or variant.

Druggability is a term used in drug discovery to describe a biologicaltarget such as a protein that is known to bind or is predicted to bindwith high affinity to a drug. Furthermore, the binding of the drug to adruggable target alters the function of the target with a therapeuticbenefit to the patient. The term “drug” herein includes small molecules(low molecular weight organic substances) but also has been extended toinclude biologic medical products such as therapeutic monoclonalantibodies. In at least one embodiment, the gene fusion or gene variantcan be used to identify a druggable target. Table 8 provides a list ofdruggable targets that have been identified from Tables 1-3 and 7. Forexample, the TPM1/ALK gene fusion is a druggable target because, asshown in Table 8, diseases for which ALK is involved can be treated withcrizotinib. Thus, if a gene fusion includes ALK, the cancer may betreatable with crizotinib. Further if a gene variant includes a mutationin ALK, the cancer may be treatable with crizotinib.

Similarly, Table 21 provides a list of druggable targets that have beenidentified from Table 19 and Table 24 a list of druggable targets thathave been identified from Table 22.

TABLE 8 Druggable genes from Table 1 Pre- registration Druggable (pre-Gene Approved approval) Phase III Phase II Phase I Preclinical ALKcrizotinib N N AP-26113; RG- X-396; ASP- NMS-E628; aurora 7853; LDK-378;3026 kinase + ALK TSR-011 inhibitor (Sareum, AstraZeneca); ALKinhibitors (AstraZeneca, Cephalon, Aurigene); ARN- 5032; DLX-521 CASRcincacalcet N N N N N hydrochloride EGFR erlotinib; Afatinibzalutumumab; BMS-690514; marizomib; STP-503; SN- panitumumab; neratinib;varlitinib; AC- CUDC-101; 29966; MT-062; cetuximab; dovitinib 480;AZD-8931; MM-151; AL- STP-801 nepidermin; lactate; XL- Sym-004; 6802; S-gefitinib; 647; imgatuzumab; 222611; ABT- nimotuzumab; rindopepimut;AVL-301; AVL- 806; vandetanib; necitumumab; 301; poziotinib;antroquinonol; lapatinib dacomitinib MEHD-7945A; GT-MAB 5.2- ditosylate;PR-610; GEX; epitinib; icotinib theliatinib; hydrochloride; cipatinib;AMG-595 FGFR3 ponatinib Masitinib dovitinib ENMD-2076; JNJ-42756493; Nlactate AZD-4547 BGJ-398; LY- 2874455; S- 49076 GNAS N N N N N N JAK2ruxolitinib (for N SAR-302503; AT-9283; AC-430; SB- ON-044580; INCB-idiopathic pacritinib momelotinib; 1317 16562; NVP- myelofibrosis)gandotinib; BSK805; TP-0413; BMS-911543; MRLB-11055; NS-018 CPL-407-22NOTCH1 N N N N OMP-52M51 Debio-0826; TR-4; Notch antibody (AVEO); Notch1inhibitors (Interprotein) NTRK1 N N N milciclib maleate N tyrosinekinase inhibitors (Bristol- Myers Squibb); PLX-7486 PIK3CA N Nperifosine; ZSTK-474; PX- INK-1117; LOR-220; AEZS- buparlisib; 866;pictilisib; GSK-2126458; 129; SB-2343; XL-765; XL- CUDC-907; WX-037;PI3/Mnk 147; BEZ-235; GDC-0032; kinase inhibitors PKI-587; PF-PWT-33597; (Progenics); AEZS- 04691502; PF- DS-7423; 132; CLR-1401;04691502; BAY- GDC-0084; PI3/mTOR kinase 80-6946; BYL- BAY-1082439;inhibitors (Amgen); 719; PI3 AEZS-136; HM- kinase/mTOR 032; AMG-511;inhibitor (Lilly) anticancer therapy (Sphaera Pharma); HMPL-518; GNE-317; mTOR inhibitor/PI3 kinase inhibitor (Lilly); CUDC908; PF- 06465603;AEZS- 134; RET sorafenib; N motesanib N MG-516; RET vandetanib;diphosphate; kinase inhibitor; sunitinib malate; SAR-302503; NMS-173cabozantinib; apatinib regorafenib ROS1 crizotinib N N N N N ALKcrizotinib N N AP-26113; RG- X-396; ASP- NMS-E628; aurora 7853; LDK-378;3026 kinase + ALK TSR-011; NMS- inhibitor (Sareum, E628 AstraZeneca);ALK inhibitors (AstraZeneca, Cephalon, Aurigene); ARN- 5032; DLX-521NTRK1 N N N milciclib maleate N tyrosine kinase inhibitors (Bristol-Myers Squibb); PLX-7486 VIM N N N pritumumab N N PTK2 PF-04554878GSK-2256098; CFAK-C4; FAK BI-853520; inhibitors VS-4718 (Varastem,Takeda); CTX- 0294945; CTX- 0294945 BRS3 N N N N N N TP53 Gendicine N Nquinacrine; RG-7388; PXN-527; ORCA- APR-246; ISA- SGT-53; 010; TR-2;ALT- 102 CBLC-137; 802; OBP-702 SAR-405838 STAT3 N N N brivudine; OPB-OPB-51602 CLT-005; GLG- 31121; anatabine 101; GLG-202; citrate; ISIS-GLG-302; GLG- STAT3Rx 401; PNT-500 NOTCH2 N N N OMP-59R5 N N METcabozantinib; N tivantinib; MGCD-265; AMG-208; X-379; metatinib;crizotinib rilotumumab; foretinib; TAS-115; PRS-110; ASP- onartuzumab;ficlatuzumab; volitinib; SAR- 08001; ARGX-111; BMS-777607; 125844; S-DCC-2701; DCC- golvatinib; 49076 2721; MG-516; INCB-028060; AL-2846; CG-LY-2875358 206481; T- 1840383; cMet- EGFR dual inhibitors(CrystalGenomics); bispecific antibodies (Hoffmann-La Roche) CDH1 N N NN N N TOP1 belotecan N cositecan; gimatecan; irinotecan, camptothecinhydrochloride; irinotecan, camptothecin, liposomal, (Aphios); irinotecanirinotecan HyACT; Calando; Yakult; HM- (BioAlliance); hydrochloride;irinotecan, irinotecan HCl + 30181A; cisplatin + topotecan PharmaEngine;floxuridine, namitecan; irinotecan etirinotecan Celator; firtecancamptothecin (Celator); APH- pegol pegol; TLC-388 prodrug, 0804;irinotecan hydrochloride; Mersana; (Champions); SER- hRS7-SN-38;labetuzumab- 203; SN-38; irinotecan bead, SN-38; Genz- topotecan +Biocompatibles 644282; vincristine simmitecan (LipoCure); hydrochloridetopotecan (EnduRx prodrug Pharmaceuticals) RARA tamibarotene N NIRX-5183 N N ERBB2 trastuzumab; trastuzumab, neratinib; XL-lapuleucel-T; Her-VAXX; Lovaxin B; TH-1 trastuzumab Enhanze 647;AVX-901; AE- VM-206; (Algeta); emtansine; dacomitinib; 37; BMS-ARRY-380; trastuzumab- pertuzumab; nelipepimut-S; 690514; MVA-JNJ-26483327; antibody conjugates lapatinib trastuzumab BN-HER2;S-222611; (Synthon); CUDC- ditosylate; (Celltrion, varlitinib; MM-doxorubicin 101; Her-2/neu catumaxomab; Biocad, 111; AC-480;(Merrimack); Stradobody afatinib Biocon, ovarian cancer cipatinib;(Gliknik); ARX- Synthon, vaccine TrasGEX; 788; Etbx-021; SN- HarvestMoon, (Generex); trastuzumab 34003; IBI-302; Aryogen) margetuximab;(Hanwha NT-004; ICT-140; poziotinib; PR- Chemical); ONS-1050; Sym- 610trastuzumab 013; anti-HER2 X (Pfizer); IDN- anti-CD3 6439 (EmergentBiosolutions); Z- 650; breast cancer vaccine (Cel-Sci); JNJ-28871063;trastuzumab (PlantForm, BioXpress, biOasis Technologies, Stada, Natco,Curaxys, Oncobiologics, Alteogen, Mabion) ALK crizotinib N N AP-26113;RG- X-396; ASP- NMS-E628; aurora 7853; LDK-378; 3026 kinase + ALKTSR-011; NMS- inhibitor (Sareum, E628 AstraZeneca); ALK inhibitors(AstraZeneca, Cephalon, Aurigene); ARN- 5032; DLX-521 NTRK1 N N Nmilciclib maleate N tyrosine kinase inhibitors (Bristol- Myers Squibb);PLX-7486 LTK crizotinib N N N N N BRAF pazopanib; N N RAF-265; XL-ARQ-761; AB-024; b-raf vemurafenib; 281; LGX-818 ARQ-736 inhibitorsdabrafenib (Sareum); BRAF kinase inhibitor (Selexagen Therapeutics);BeiGene-283; DP-4978; TL- 241

Table 8 provides a list of 11 druggable targets that were identified inthe gene fusions in Tables 1-3 or gene variants in Tables 7 and 11.Tables 16 and 17 provide an analysis of other druggable targets withinTables 1-3 or gene variants in Tables 7 and 11. Tables 8, 16 and 17provide information about druggable targets including the gene namewhether the drug has been approved (N=no) by the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration (FDA), if the drug has not been approved, which phase theclinical trial is in (Pre-registration, Phase III, Phase II, Phase I,and preclinical). For example, the drug associated with the NOTCH1 genehas not been approved, but is in Phase 1 of clinical trials (seeOMP-52M51) as of this writing.

Approved drugs include, but are not limited to, crizotinib for diseaseshaving ALK gene fusions and cincacalcet hydrochloride for diseaseshaving CASR gene fusions. A number of approved drugs have beenidentified for gene fusions having EGFR, including, but not limited to,erlotinib; panitumumab; cetuximab; nepidermin; gefitinib; nimotuzumab;vandetanib; lapatinib ditosylate; and icotinib hydrochloride. Theapproved drug ponatinib has been identified for diseases having FGFR3,ruxolitinib hasbeen identified for diseases having JAK2 gene fusions. Anumber of approved drugs have been identified for gene fusions havingRET, including but not limited to, sorafenib; vandetanib; sunitinibmalate; cabozantinib; and regorafenib. The approved drug crizotinib hasbeen identified for diseases having ROS1. Additional drugs that mayprove useful include, but are not limited to, zrizotinib, afatinib,masitinib, zalutumumab, neratinib, dovitinib lactate, XL647,rindopepimut, nectumumab, dacomitinib, SAR-302503, pacritinib,perifosine, buparlisib, motesinib diphosphate, and apatinib.

Methods provided herein can include delivering a drug to a subject or apatient. The drug can be an approved drug according to a governmentaldrug regulatory authority, such as the FDA, or the drug can be in any ofthe stages before the approved stage. In illustrative aspects, the drugis an FDA-approved drug. In other aspects the drug can be in apre-clinical, Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, or pre-approval stage. Incertain aspects, the methods provided herein include delivering one ormore than one of the drugs listed in Tables 8, 16 and 17 to a subject.Where genetic events are identified in a subject that involve more thanone gene listed in Tables 8, 16 and 17, methods provided herein caninclude delivering more than one drug, particularly delivering drugsassociated with the different genes affected by the identified geneticevents.

Antisense

Antisense technology has been applied to inhibit the expression ofvarious oncogenes. For example, Craf-1 cDNA fragments in an antisenseorientation, brought under the control of an adenovirus 2 late promoterintroduced into a human squamous carcinoma resulted in a greatly reducedtumorigenic potential relative to cells transfected with control sensetransfectants. Similarly, a Cmyc antisense construct accelerateddifferentiation and inhibited G₁ progression in Friend MurineErythroleukemia cells. Antisense methodology takes advantage of the factthat nucleic acids tend to pair with “complementary” sequences.Complementary sequences are those polynucleotides which are capable ofbase-pairing according to the standard Watson-Crick complementarityrules. Targeting double-stranded (ds) DNA with polynucleotides leads totriple-helix formation; targeting RNA will lead to double-helixformation. Antisense polynucleotides, when introduced into a targetcell, specifically bind to their target polynucleotide and interferewith transcription, RNA processing, transport, translation and/orstability. Antisense RNA constructs, or DNA encoding such antisenseRNA's, may be employed to inhibit gene transcription or translation orboth within a host cell, either in vitro or in vivo, such as within ahost animal, including a human subject.

Antisense can be under transcriptional control of a promoter. A“promoter” refers to a DNA sequence recognized by the syntheticmachinery of the cell, or introduced synthetic machinery, required toinitiate the specific transcription of a gene. The phrase “undertranscriptional control” means that the promoter is in the correctlocation and orientation in relation to the nucleic acid to control RNApolymerase initiation and expression of the gene.

In certain instances, an antisense expression construct will comprise avirus or engineered construct derived from a viral genome. Where a cDNAinsert is employed, a polyadenylation signal to effect properpolyadenylation of the gene transcript may be included. The nature ofthe polyadenylation signal is not believed to be crucial and any suchsequence may be employed. A terminator can be used to enhance messagelevels and to minimize read through from the cassette into othersequences.

Antisense constructs may be designed to bind to the promoter and othercontrol regions, exons, introns or even exon-intron boundaries of a genefusion or gene variant disclosed herein. The most effective antisenseconstructs include regions complementary to intron/exon splicejunctions. One embodiment includes an antisense construct withcomplementarity to regions within 50-200 bases of an intron-exon splicejunction. It has been observed that some exon sequences can be includedin the construct without seriously affecting the target selectivitythereof. The amount of exonic material included will vary, depending onthe particular exon and intron sequences used. One can readily testwhether too much exon DNA is included simply by testing the constructsin vitro to determine whether normal cellular function is affected orwhether the expression of related genes having complementary sequencesis affected.

The word “complementary” with respect to antisense means polynucleotidesequences that are substantially complementary over their entire lengthand have very few base mismatches. For example, sequences of fifteenbases in length may be termed complementary when they have complementarynucleotides at thirteen or fourteen positions. Naturally, sequenceswhich are completely complementary will be sequences which are entirelycomplementary throughout their entire length and have no basemismatches. Other sequences with lower degrees of homology also arecontemplated. For example, an antisense construct which has limitedregions of high homology, but also contains a non-homologous region(e.g., ribozyme) could be designed. These molecules, though having lessthan 50% homology, would bind to target sequences under appropriateconditions.

In vivo, ex vivo or in vitro delivery of antisense can involve the useof vectors. One effective vector for antisense delivery is an adenovirusexpression vector. “Adenovirus expression vector” is meant to includethose constructs containing adenovirus sequences sufficient to supportpackaging of the construct and to express an antisense polynucleotidethat has been cloned therein. The expression vector can include agenetically engineered form of adenovirus. Adenovirus is particularlysuitable for use as a gene transfer vector because of its mid-sizedgenome, ease of manipulation, high titer, wide target-cell range andhigh infectivity. Both ends of the viral genome contain 100-200 basepair inverted repeats (ITRs), which are cis elements necessary for viralDNA replication and packaging.

Adenovirus is easy to grow and manipulate and exhibits broad host rangein vitro and in vivo. This group of viruses can be obtained in hightiters, e.g., 10⁹-10¹¹ plaque-forming units per ml, and they are highlyinfective. The life cycle of adenovirus does not require integrationinto the host cell genome. The foreign genes delivered by adenovirusvectors are episomal and, therefore, have low genotoxicity to hostcells. No side effects have been reported in studies of vaccination withwild-type adenovirus, demonstrating their safety and therapeuticpotential as in vivo gene transfer vectors.

The retroviruses are a group of single-stranded RNA virusescharacterized by an ability to convert their RNA to double-stranded DNAin infected cells by a process of reverse-transcription. The resultingDNA then stably integrates into cellular chromosomes as a provirus anddirects synthesis of viral proteins. The integration results in theretention of the viral gene sequences in the recipient cell and itsdescendants. The retroviral genome contains three genes, gag, pol, andenv that code for capsid proteins, polymerase enzyme, and envelopecomponents, respectively. A sequence found upstream from the gag genecontains a signal for packaging of the genome into virions. Two longterminal repeat (LTR) sequences are present at the 5′ and 3′ ends of theviral genome. These contain strong promoter and enhancer sequences andare also required for integration in the host cell genome.

In order to construct a retroviral vector, a nucleic acid encoding agene of interest is inserted into the viral genome in the place ofcertain viral sequences to produce a virus that isreplication-defective. In order to produce virions, a packaging cellline containing the gag, pol, and env genes but without the LTR andpackaging components is constructed. When a recombinant plasmidcontaining a human cDNA, together with the retroviral LTR and packagingsequences is introduced into a cell line (by calcium phosphateprecipitation for example), the packaging sequence allows the RNAtranscript of the recombinant plasmid to be packaged into viralparticles, which are then secreted into the culture media. Therecombinant retrovirus is then collected, optionally concentrated, andused for gene transfer. Retroviral vectors are able to infect a broadvariety of cell types. However, integration and stable expressionrequire the division of host cells.

A novel approach designed to allow specific targeting of retrovirusvectors was recently developed based on the chemical modification of aretrovirus by the chemical addition of lactose residues to the viralenvelope. This modification could permit the specific infection ofhepatocytes via sialoglycoprotein receptors.

Other viral vectors may be employed as expression vectors. Vectorsderived from viruses such as vaccinia virus, adeno-associated virus(AAV) and herpes viruses may be employed.

In order to effect expression of sense or antisense gene constructs, theexpression vector may be delivered into a cell. This delivery may beaccomplished in vitro, as in laboratory procedures for transformingcells lines, or in vivo or ex vivo, as in the treatment of certaindisease states. As described above, one mechanism for delivery is viaviral infection where the expression construct is encapsidated in aninfectious viral particle.

Several non-viral methods for the transfer of expression constructs intocultured mammalian cells also are contemplated. These include calciumphosphate precipitation DEAE-dextran, electroporation, directmicroinjection, DNA-loaded liposomes, and lipofectamine-DNA complexes,cell sonication, gene bombardment using high velocity microprojectiles,and receptor-mediated transfection. Some of these techniques may besuccessfully adapted for in vivo or ex vivo use.

Pharmaceutical Compositions—Where clinical applications arecontemplated, pharmaceutical compositions can be produced—either genedelivery vectors or engineered cells—in a form appropriate for theintended application. Generally, this entails preparing compositionsthat are essentially free of pyrogens, as well as other impurities thatcould be harmful to humans or animals.

Appropriate salts and buffers are used to render delivery vectors stableand allow for uptake by target cells. Buffers also will be employed whenrecombinant cells are introduced into a patient. Aqueous compositions ofthe present invention comprise an effective amount of the vector tocells, dissolved or dispersed in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrieror aqueous medium. The phrase “pharmaceutically or pharmacologicallyacceptable” refer to molecular entities and compositions that do notproduce adverse, allergic, or other untoward reactions when administeredto an animal or a human. As used herein, “pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier” includes any and all solvents, dispersion media, coatings,antibacterial and antifungal agents, isotonic and absorption delayingagents and the like. The use of such media and agents forpharmaceutically active substances is well known in the art. Exceptinsofar as any conventional media or agent is incompatible with thevectors or cells of the present invention, its use in therapeuticcompositions is contemplated.

The expression vectors and delivery vehicles may be administered via anycommon route so long as the target tissue is available via that route.This includes oral, nasal, buccal, rectal, vaginal or topical.Alternatively, administration may be by orthotopic, intradermal,subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal or intravenous injection.Such compositions would normally be administered as pharmaceuticallyacceptable compositions.

An effective amount of the therapeutic agent is determined based on theintended goal. The term “unit dose” refers to a physically discrete unitsuitable for use in a subject, each unit containing a predeterminedquantity of the therapeutic composition calculated to produce thedesired response in association with its administration, i.e., theappropriate route and treatment regimen. The quantity to beadministered, both according to number of treatments and unit dose,depends on the subject to be treated, the state of the subject and theprotection desired. Precise amounts of the therapeutic composition alsodepend on the judgment of the practitioner and are peculiar to eachindividual.

Therapeutic Kits—All the essential materials and reagents required forinhibiting tumor cell proliferation may be assembled together in a kit.This generally will comprise selected expression vectors, viruses orcells. Also included may be various media for replication of theexpression vectors and host cells for such replication. Such kits willcomprise distinct containers for each individual reagent. The kits mayalso include an instruction sheet defining (i) administration of theantisense expression vector construct; (ii) the antisense expressingviruses; and (iii) the antisense expressing cells.

In some embodiments, an interfering (iRNA or siRNA) is provided. In someembodiments the iRNA is complementary to the breakpoint of a fusiongene.

Methods Associated with Clinical Outcome Discoveries

Tables 15 and 39 provided herein, contain more than 100 genetic events,including gain-of-function mutations, loss-of-function mutations,in-peak gene amplification/deletions, and fusion events for variouscancer types that are associated with a clinical outcome with highstatistical significance (q<0.1). Accordingly, provided herein aremethods for delivering a treatment to a subject, methods for determiningwhether a subject receives a treatment, methods for determining whetherto deliver a treatment, and methods for delivering a report. Thetreatment, in certain illustrative embodiments, is a drug. Asnon-limiting examples, the drug can be a drug listed in Tables 8, 16 and17, especially where the method involves a genetic event that affectsthe gene listed for the drug in Tables 8, 16 and 17. In other examples,the drug can be any drug approved by a regulatory agency, or any drug ina stage of development before approval, as discussed herein.

Accordingly, in another embodiment, a method of delivering a treatmentto a subject is provided, wherein the method includes detecting agenetic event identified in Table 15, and treating the subject, whereinthe treatment is believed to positively affect the clinical outcome ofcancer patients having the genetic event and/or is believed to affect abiological pathway associated with the genetic event. This embodimentcan be considered a method for determining if a subject receives atreatment or a method for determining whether to deliver or perform atreatment to or on a subject. Thus, provided herein is a method fordetermining if a subject receives a drug, the method includes detectinga genetic event identified in Table 15 and/or 39, and then delivering adrug to the subject if the detected genetic event is listed in Table 15and/or 39, wherein the drug is believed to positively affect theclinical outcome of patients having the genetic event. In illustrativeaspects of these embodiments, the genetic event is associated with agene found in Tables 8, 16 and 17, and the drug is listed in Tables 8,16 and 17, as a companion for that gene. The subject is typically asubject that has a cancer of the type listed in Table 15 and/or 39. Inillustrative aspects of this embodiment the genetic event is associatedwith a poor prognosis for the subject, who is afflicted with a cancer,typically the cancer listed in Table 15 and/or 39 for which the poorprognosis is associated with that genetic event.

In another embodiment, provided herein is a method of delivering areport, wherein the method includes detecting a genetic event identifiedin Table 15 and/or 39 and delivering to a medical professional, a reportthat provides a predicted clinical outcome associated with that geneticevent for a cancer of the subject. The medical professional can be, asnon-limiting examples, a physician, genetic counselor, or other medicalprofessional. Typically, the physician, genetic counselor, or othermedical professional have a professional relationship with the subject,such as a patient/doctor relationship. The report can be a paper reportor can be an electronic report delivered to the medical professionalover a computer network. The method and report can include one or moreof the genetic events and associated prognosis identified in Table 15and/or 39.

In another embodiment, provided herein is a method for determining whichtreatment to administer to a subject, the method includes detecting agenetic event listed in Table 15, and administering the treatmentdepending on the genetic event that is detected. In illustrativeembodiments, the treatment is an aggressive treatment, such as atreatment that will involve more pain and suffering for the patient as aresult of the treatment, if the detected genetic event is associatedwith a poor prognosis. In related embodiments the treatment is a moreaggressive treatment if the detected genetic event is associated with apoor prognosis and a less aggressive treatment if the detected geneticevent is another genetic event, especially if the detected genetic eventis identified in Table 15 and/or 39 as indicating a good prognosis. Forexample, if a AADAC gene deletion, an amplification of the CHD1L gene,the FMO5 gene, or the PRKAB2 gene, or a combination thereof, is detectedin a lung cancer adenocarcinoma patient, the patient may be treated withan aggressive chemotherapeutic drug regimen. If these genetic events arenot detected in the patient, then the patient may be monitored but thechemotherapeutic drug may not be administered.

In another embodiment, provided herein is a method for determiningwhether to treat a cancer patient, the method includes detecting agenetic event listed in Table 15 and/or 39, and treating the subject ifa genetic event is detected that is associated in Table 15 with a poorprognosis. In another embodiment, provided herein is a method fordetermining whether to treat a cancer patient, the method includesdetecting a genetic event listed in Table 15 and/or 39, and not treatingthe subject if a genetic event is detected that is associated in Table15 and/or 23 with a good prognosis. In another embodiment, providedherein is a method for determining whether to treat or monitor a cancerpatient, the method includes detecting a genetic event listed in Table15 and/or 39, and monitoring, but not treating the subject if a geneticevent is detected that is associated in Table 15 and/or 39 with a goodprognosis. Treatment may be administered at a later time if themonitoring detects recurrence or progression of the cancer.

In certain aspects of these embodiments of the invention that relate tomethods provided herein based on the clinical outcomes associated withgenetic events in Table 15 and/or 39, for example methods for deliveringa treatment to a subject or determining whether to deliver a treatmentto a subject, or determining which treatment to administer or deliver,or methods for delivering a report, the subject can be identified ashaving any of the types of genetic events and any of the specificgenetic events listed in Table 15 and/or 39. For example, the geneticevent can be a gain-of-function mutation, loss-of-function mutation, agene amplification or deletion, typically an in-peak geneamplification/deletion, or a fusion event. In certain illustrativeembodiments the genetic event is identified in Table 15 and/or 39 ofhaving a q-value of 1×10⁻³ or less, 1×10⁻⁴ or less, or 1×10⁻⁵ or less.In certain aspects, the genetic event is listed in Table 15 and/or 39 asinvolving a druggable gene. For example, the genetic event can be agenetic event listed in Table 15 and/or 39 associated with a gene thatis a preclinical drug target. As a non-limiting example, provided hereinis a method for determining which treatment or course of treatment toadminister to a patient who has ovarian cancer, for example ovarianserous cystadenocarcinoma, wherein the method includes detecting orotherwise determining an amplification of the ID1 or BCL2L1 gene andadministering the treatment. The treatment in illustrative embodiments,is an approved treatment for BCL2L1, such as a currently FDA-approvedBCL2L1 treatment, wherein a BCL2L1 amplification is detected.

Methods are known to skilled artisans for detecting the types of geneticevents listed in Table 15 and/or 39. Those methods can include nucleicacid sequencing methods or amplification methods, such as PCR orisothermal amplification methods, or combinations thereof. Those methodscan include providing a primer that is designed to bind to a geneidentified in Table 15 and/or 39 or bind upstream of a gene identifiedin Table 15 and/or 39. Thus, provided herein are reaction mixtures andkits that include a nucleic acid sample for a subject and one or moreprimers that bind to, or upstream from, a gene identified in Table 15and/or 39. Typically, the gene is associated with a genetic event inTable 15 and/or 39, and the subject has a cancer identified in Table 15and/or 39 as having a prognosis associated with the genetic event. Thekit can also include a control nucleic acid that is bound by the primeras disclosed herein for various embodiments of the invention. Thereaction mixture can also include a polymerase as disclosed herein forvarious embodiments of the invention.

In certain aspects of these embodiments of the invention that relate tomethods provided herein based on the clinical outcomes associated withgenetic events in Table 15 and/or 39, for example methods for deliveringa treatment to a subject or determining whether to deliver a treatmentto a subject, methods for determining which treatment to deliver, ormethods for delivering a report to a medical professional, the geneticevent can include more than one of the genetic events identified inTable 15 and/or 39. In certain aspects, a method according to thisembodiment detects 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or more of the geneticevents identified in Table 15, especially those identified with the sameprognosis for a given cancer type. For example, the method can includedetecting a genetic event in a breast cancer patient and administering atreatment to the patient, where the detected genetic event includes agene amplification of two or more of the BRF2, ERLIN2, GPR124, PROSC,and TAB11FI genes. In another example, the method includes detecting twoor more genetic events in a subject afflicted with a lower grade gliomaand administering a treatment to the subject, wherein the genetic eventis at least two of an amplification of the EGFR or SEC61 G gene, anamplification of the CDK4, CYP27B1, MARCH9, TSPAN31, or AGAP2 gene, again of function mutation in the EGFR gene, or a deletion of the CDKN2A,CDKN2B, or MTAP gene. In another aspect, the method includes detecting agenetic event associated with a poor prognosis and the genetic event isidentified in Tables 8, 16, 17, Table 15 and/or 39 as being a target fora current drug in pre-clinical trials or an approved drug, such as anFDA approved drug.

In certain aspects of these embodiments of the invention that relate tomethods provided herein based on the clinical outcomes associated withgenetic events in Table 15 and/or 39, for example methods for deliveringa treatment to a subject or determining whether to deliver a treatmentto a subject, or determining which treatment to administer or deliver,or methods for delivering a report, the genetic event can be a specificgenetic event identified in one of the other tables herein. A skilledartisan can identify which general type of genetic event in Table 15and/or 39 a specific genetic event in one of the other tables will fallunder.

Computer Implemented Systems

Computer systems can be utilized to in certain embodiments of thedisclosure. In various embodiments, computer system can include a bus orother communication mechanism for communicating information, and aprocessor coupled with bus for processing information. In variousembodiments, computer system 100 can also include a memory, which can bea random access memory (RAM) or other dynamic storage device, coupled tobus for determining base calls, and instructions to be executed byprocessor. Memory also can be used for storing temporary variables orother intermediate information during execution of instructions to beexecuted by processor. In various embodiments, computer system canfurther include a read only memory (ROM) or other static storage devicecoupled to bus for storing static information and instructions forprocessor. A storage device, such as a magnetic disk or optical disk,can be provided and coupled to bus for storing information andinstructions.

In various embodiments, computer system can be coupled via bus to adisplay, such as a cathode ray tube (CRT) or liquid crystal display(LCD), for displaying information to a computer user. An input device,including alphanumeric and other keys, can be coupled to bus forcommunicating information and command selections to processor. Anothertype of user input device is a cursor control, such as a mouse, atrackball or cursor direction keys for communicating directioninformation and command selections to processor and for controllingcursor movement on display. This input device typically has two degreesof freedom in two axes, a first axis (i.e., x) and a second axis (i.e.,y), that allows the device to specify positions in a plane.

A computer system can perform the present teachings. Consistent withcertain implementations of the present teachings, results can beprovided by computer system 100 in response to processor executing oneor more sequences of one or more instructions contained in memory. Suchinstructions can be read into memory from another computer-readablemedium, such as storage device. Execution of the sequences ofinstructions contained in memory can cause processor to perform theprocesses described herein. Alternatively hard-wired circuitry can beused in place of or in combination with software instructions toimplement the present teachings. Thus implementations of the presentteachings are not limited to any specific combination of hardwarecircuitry and software.

In various embodiments, the term “computer-readable medium” as usedherein refers to any media that participates in providing instructionsto processor for execution. Such a medium can take many forms, includingbut not limited to, non-volatile media, volatile media, and transmissionmedia. Examples of non-volatile media can include, but are not limitedto, optical or magnetic disks, such as storage device. Examples ofvolatile media can include, but are not limited to, dynamic memory, suchas memory. Examples of transmission media can include, but are notlimited to, coaxial cables, copper wire, and fiber optics, including thewires that comprise bus.

Common forms of non-transitory computer-readable media include, forexample, a floppy disk, a flexible disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, orany other magnetic medium, a CD-ROM, any other optical medium, punchcards, paper tape, any other physical medium with patterns of holes, aRAM, PROM, and EPROM, a FLASH-EPROM, any other memory chip or cartridge,or any other tangible medium from which a computer can read.

In accordance with various embodiments, instructions configured to beexecuted by a processor to perform a method are stored on acomputer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium can be a devicethat stores digital information. For example, a computer-readable mediumincludes a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) as is known in the artfor storing software. The computer-readable medium is accessed by aprocessor suitable for executing instructions configured to be executed.

In accordance with the teachings and principles embodied in thisapplication, methods, systems, and computer readable media that canefficiently collect, analyze, store, transfer, retrieve, and/ordistribute information across multiple sites and/or entities, includinggenomic and/or patient information, are provided.

In one embodiment, a system is provided for determining whether one ormore gene fusion and/or variant is present in a sample. The system canfurther determine identify a disease state, such as cancer, associatedwith the one or more gene fusion and/or gene variant, as well as anappropriate treatment in accordance with the mutation status. In certainembodiments, the system comprises a processor in communication with asequencing instrument that receives sequencing data.

In some embodiments, the processor can execute one or more variantcalls. In some embodiments, the processor can provide, filter, and/orannotate predictions.

EXAMPLES

In the following examples, methods were used to identify gene fusionsand gene variants associated with a panel of 19 cancers in 4,225 cancerpatient samples. The gene fusions and gene variants are then used toproduce diagnostic methods to identify a predisposition for cancer, todiagnose cancer, to stage cancer, to provide a prognosis and to identifya druggable cancer. Methods are provided to provide targeted therapy forthe cancer based on the identification of gene fusions.

Example 1 High-throughput Systematic Analysis of Paired-endNext-generation Sequencing Data to Characterize the Gene FusionLandscape in Cancer

4,225 cancer patient samples across 19 diseases were processed withdeFuse McPherson et al. “deFuse: an algorithm for gene fusion discoveryin tumor RNASeq data” PLoS Comp. Bio.2011. and TopHat (Kim et al.“TopHat-Fusion: an algorithm for discovery of novel fusion transcripts”Genome Biology 2011) gene fusion calling software using a cloud-basedcomputation infrastructure. Filtering criteria were identified for genefusion events that enriched for high confidence, chemically validatedgene fusion events.

Gene fusions encode oncogenic drivers in hematologial and solid tumorsand are often associated with dramatic clinical responses with theappropriate targeted agents. Massively parallel paired-end sequencingcan identify structural rearrangements in tumor genomes andtranscriptomes. However, computational methods to identify gene fusionsare varied, still evolving and largely trained on cell line data.Systematic methods were developed to characterize known oncogenic genefusions and to discover novel gene fusions in cancer. RNASeq data forapproximately 3,400 clinical cases from 16 cancer types was obtainedfrom the Cancer Genomics Hub (CGHub) of the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA).The performance of several gene fusion callers was surveyed and two werechosen (deFuse and TopHat) for further method development with the goalof supporting both single and paired end data. An analysis pipeline wasdeveloped and executed in parallel on a high-performance computingcluster. Filtering and annotation was conducted on aggregated data as apost-processing step to enable exploratory analyses of various filters.Filtering approaches were optimized on datasets that included knownstandards (e.g., TMPRSS2.ERG in prostate adenocarcinoma, PML.RARA inacute myeloid leukemia, etc.) to enrich for these and other gene fusionswith correct 5′-3′ orientation while excluding cases with ambiguousbreakpoints and spanning reads, alignment errors, and read throughouttranscripts from adjacent genes. Predicted fusions were summarized basedon the occurrence of unique genes participating in fusion with multiplepartners and of unique gene pairs, each within specific diseases.Elevated expression was observed after the predicted breakpoint of the3′ gene in cases positive for predicted fusions and added importantconfirmatory evidence. Pan-disease fusions and multi-partner fusionevents broadened the clinical population scope of gene fusion events.

All single-end data was processed using TopHat and all paired-end datawas processed using deFuse. TopHat has been shown to be effective withlonger 75 by single-end data. The deFuse algorithm is not compatiblewith single-end data and has been designed to leverage read pairs. Thepre-processing data and Detect fusions: deFuse TopHat steps wereexecuted in parallel for all samples on a high-performance computingcluster. The filtering and annotation was conducted on the aggregateddata as a post-processing step to enable filtering criteria to minimizefalse positive fusions. The list of priority fusions was validated withRNASeq Exon Expression data.

TCGA Data Source: All RNASeq data for gene fusion analysis was obtainedfrom the Cancer Genomics Hub (CGHub), the current repository for TCGAgenomic data—cghub.ucsc.edu. Table 9 lists the TCGA sample countsdownloaded and processed for M2 and M3.

TABLE 9 TCGA samples processed Cancer Type Cancer Type AbbreviationSamples Center Instrument Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma BLCA 122 UNC-Illumina HiSeq LCCC 2000 Breast invasive carcinoma BRCA 841 UNC-Illumina HiSeq LCCC 2000 Cervical squamous cell carcinoma CESC  88 UNC-Illumina HiSeq and endocervical adenocarcinoma LCCC 2000 Colonadenocarcinoma COAD* 196 UNC- Illumina GA IIx LCCC Glioblastomamultiforme GBM 167 UNC- Illumina HiSeq LCCC 2000 Head and Neck squamouscell HNSC 302 UNC- Illumina HiSeq carcinoma LCCC 2000 Kidney ChromophobeKICH  66 UNC- Illumina HiSeq LCCC 2000 Kidney renal clear cell carcinomaKIRC 480 UNC- Illumina HiSeq LCCC 2000 Kidney renal papillary cell KIRP 76 UNC- Illumina HiSeq carcinoma LCCC 2000 Acute Myeloid Leukemia LAML179 BCCAGSC Illumina GA IIx Brain Lower Grade Glioma LGG 184 UNC-Illumina HiSeq LCCC 2000 Liver hepatocellular carcinoma LIHC  34 UNC-Illumina HiSeq LCCC 2000 Lung adenocarcinoma LUAD 345 UNC- IlluminaHiSeq LCCC 2000 Lung squamous cell carcinoma LUSC 221 UNC- IlluminaHiSeq LCCC 2000 Ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma OV 417 BCCAGSCIllumina HiSeq 2000 Pancreatic adenocarcinoma PAAD  31 UNC- IlluminaHiSeq LCCC 2000 Prostate adenocarcinoma PRAD 140 UNC- Illumina HiSeqLCCC 2000 Rectum adenocarcinoma READ*  71 UNC- Illumina GA IIx LCCC SkinCutaneous Melanoma SKCM 267 UNC- Illumina HiSeq LCCC 2000 Stomachadenocarcinoma STAD  41 BCCAGSC Illumina HiSeq 2000 Thyroid carcinomaTHCA 373 UNC- Illumina HiSeq LCCC 2000 Uterine Corpus Endometrioid UCEC*317 UNC- Illumina GA IIx Carcinoma LCCC *Single-end TCGA disease BAMfiles were downloaded from CGHub using its Gene Torrent Software

With the goal of supporting both single and paired-end data, 4,374paired-end samples were processed with deFuse and 584 single-end sampleswith TopHat.

Broadly, the analysis pipeline consisted of 5 main steps: 1. Pre-processthe raw data to obtain FASTQ files 2. Run fusion callers 3. Filterbreakpoints to gene regions of interest 4. Annotate the breakpoints withthe Oncomine transcript set and 5. Summarize and prioritize potentiallyinteresting novel fusions.

The input to the fusion callers consisted of RNASeq reads in FASTQformat, which required conversion of the BAM file provided by TOGA toone or two FASTQ files for single or paired end data (respectively).

A custom SamToFastq converter was developed to generate FASTQ files froma TOGA BAM file. In addition to allowing conversion of all paired-endRNASeq TOGA BAMs systematically, the SamToFASTQ converter had otheradvantages over other conversion tools. First, it was written in C andcompiled to run faster and reduce processing time. Second, itincorporated several validation steps to ensure proper mate pairing andconsistent mate pair ordering in the output FASTQ files, both of whichare input requirements for the fusion callers.

There were 3 cancer types (COAD, READ, UCEC) only available assingle-end RNASeq data. For single-end BAM file conversion the programBam Tools (github.com/pezmaster31/bamtools) was used to generate FASTQfiles.

Integration—FIG. 1 diagrams the relative levels of result filtering doneby both callers. As part of the analysis “Level I” data wasintegrated—the output from TopHat-Fusion Post's potential_fusion.txtfile and the output from deFuse's results.classify.tsv file. Theintegration steps involved converting the reported breakpoints to onesbased on the genomic coordinate system and consolidation into a commonfile format.

Breakpoint Filtering—The ˜5.5 million predictions from the “Level I”output of the callers were filtered to only retain those calls whereeach breakpoint was either in the 5′UTR or CDS region of a RefSeqtranscript (refGene circa Jul. 18, 2012, obtained from UCSC). This wasdone to enrich the predicted fusions for those containing functionalgene regions. Breakpoints predicted to occur in intronic sequences werealso excluded, resulting in a set of 423,587 predicted chimeras.

Breakpoint Annotation—For each pair of breakpoints, only one transcriptper Entrez ID was retained. This ensured consistency in annotatingbreakpoints at the same location. However, predicted breakpoints atdifferent locations for the same gene partners may still result inmultiple transcripts representing a pair of genes—possible evidence ofalternative transcripts.

Basic annotation from the callers was discarded, as it was based on thedefault annotation source of each respective caller. However, certainoutput fields from both TopHat and deFuse were retained to helpprioritize the predicted fusions. Additionally, certain annotationproperties that weren't explicitly reported by the callers were inferredfrom other caller properties.

Inferred Properties—Supporting and Spanning read counts were obtainedfrom each caller and summarized in to Reads Span and Reads Span Support.The latter is a sum of reads spanning the fusion and those supportingthe fusion. The breakpoint sequence reported by the callers was trimmedto include 50 bases on each side of the fusion and consolidated asBreakpoint Sequence. The fusion breakpoint is delineated by a “I”. Sinceneither of the callers provides a definitive ‘5-prime’ or ‘3-prime’flag, the relative 5′-3′ orientation of the fusion partners was inferredby combining a caller parameter with the gene strand annotation. A ValidOrientation field was labeled as “Y” if there was an inferred 5′ and 3′partner for a given gene fusion call.

RepeatMasker Annotation—Each predicted breakpoint location was alsoannotated with RepeatMasker features in the neighborhood of thebreakpoint. This was done to identify breakpoints in highly repetitivegenomic regions, where alignment errors were likely to affect theprediction of the chimeric transcript. For each fusion prediction, aRepeatMasker Overlap field was set to 1 if either of the breakpointflank sequences overlaps with a RepeatMasker element by 12 or morebases. The frequency of overlapping fusion calls is used in the OncominePrioritization described below such that gene fusion predictions with alower frequency of overlap are considered higher quality.

Fusion Exon Expression Imbalance—Recurrent Oncomine Priority Fusionswere vizualized using RNASeq exon expression data downloaded using theGDAC Firehose tool to provide secondary evidence of true positive fusionevents by searching for exon expression imbalance before and after thebreakpoint call. Specifically, if the 3′ partner's expression isimpacted by the 5′ partner's promoter region, then exon expressionshould increase post the predicted breakpoint. This effect is especiallyvisible when viewing fused versus non-fused patient samples.

RPKM RNASeq values are listed for each patient as Gene Annotation Format(GAF) features corresponding to a composite of UCSC exons from severaldifferent gene definitions including Refseq. Compendia processed fusionbreakpoints were mapped to the GAF features. 80.8% of the 396,298 Refseqexons map perfectly to GAF features in the plot shown below. The Refseqexon and GAF feature pair that resulted in the largest overlap wasselected and reported on.

A value called rg_pct provides a metric of the mapping quality of agiven Refseq exon with a GAF feature based on the following formula:rg_pct=overlap/length_(refseq)*overlap/length_(GAF feature)

Mappings with an rg_pct value of 1 overlap perfectly, while values lessthan 1 indicate the refseq exon or GAF feature did not map to the exactsame genomic regions and the RPKM value may be suspect. RNASeq V2 datawas selected for all diseases except OV, STAD, and LAML due to diseasecoverage shown in the barplot.

Fusion exon expression was manually reviewed for expression imbalance ofa subset of Oncomine Priority fusions meeting the following criteria: 1.Recurrent Oncomine Priority Fusions 2. Oncomine Priority Fusions thatare listed in the Mitelman Database 3. One fusion partner is an OncomineGain of Function Oncogene and involved in at least 3 Oncomine PriorityFusions and 4. One fusion partner is listed in the Sanger Cancer GeneCensus (www.sanger.ac.uk/genetics/CGP/Census) and involved in at least 3Oncomine Priority Fusions.

A total of 994 gene fusions meet these criteria and were manuallyreviewed for exon expression imbalance by assigning a “supported”,“refuted”, “neutral” or “not tested” rating to the gene fusion call.

Experts used the following criteria to assign ratings: Supported: Fusedsamples had a highly expressed 3′ fusion partner post-breakpoint suchthat fused samples were outliers of the patient population. Prior to thebreakpoint, the 3′ partner's expression should be low compared topost-breakpoint. Refuted: Extremely low average expression of the 5′partner (<5 RPKM) or average expression of one partner is much lowerthan the other (˜ 1/10). Neutral: Neither Support or Refute criteria aremet. Fusions that were not manually reviewed were assigned a rating ofNot Tested.

Fusion Summarization—Fusions were summarized within a disease based onthe occurrence of unique gene pairs, and based on the occurrence ofindividual genes, possibly with multiple partners.

Fusion-Level Summary—For a unique fusion pair (unique by Entrez IDpair), the number of samples within a disease with at least oneprediction of that fusion by either caller is the Fused Sample Count.Since multiple breakpoints for the same pair of genes may be reported inone sample and across the samples, the number of unique fusion pairswithin each disease represented by the 424K+ fusion calls was 49,588.Table 10 shows the properties that were summarized for a given fusionpartner pair across the individual predictions:

TABLE 10 Property Summary Method DEFUSE_EVERSION % of total fusion calls= ‘Y’ DEFUSE_VALID_ORIENTATION % of total fusion calls = ‘Y’DEFUSE_NUM_MULTI_MAP % of total fusion calls > 0TOPHAT_VALID_ORIENTATION % of total fusion calls = ‘Y’3P/5P_REPEATMASKER_OVERLAP % of total fusion calls = 1The Adjacent flag is set for a fusion if the genes are <1 Mb apart onthe genome and the defuse_eversion flag is set in ≤75% of the individualfusion prediction for these fusion partners.

Mitelman Cross-reference —Individual unique fusion pairs werecross-referenced to the Mitelman database of genomic aberrations(cgap.nci.nih.gov/Chromosomes/Mitelman downloaded Feb. 25, 2013). Thematch was done based on gene names and not disease type. Therefore, genefusions reported in Mitelman in a certain disease may have occurred in adifferent disease type in the TCGA datasets. Gene fusions summarized atthe gene level were cross-referenced to the Mitelman database based ongene name. Thus, there is more potential for the gene as reported inMitelman to be of different histology or altogether different aberrationtype (for example a large chromosome-level deletion instead of a fusion)than the predicted unique fusion pairs.

Normal Sample Fusion Blacklist—To reduce the number of false positivefusions, 344 paired-end normal samples were processed across 10 diseasesusing the same deFuse pipeline described above. A total of 56,579 totalfusion calls consisting of 6,024 unique fusions were observed. Of the49,588 unique gene fusion events, 11,801 of these calls were observed innormal samples. These normal sample fusion calls were used to generate ablacklist and thereby remove these false positives from the OncominePriority gene fusions.

Paralogous Fusion Partner Blacklist—A blacklist of fusions betweenparalogous gene family members was assembled using two strategies: 1)manually inspecting high frequency fusion partner gene names and 2)comparing the first 3 characters of all Priority Fusion partner genenames. In the latter strategy, fusion partners were verified to be“paralogous” using HomoloGene, Ensembl, and SIMAP before inclusion inthe final blacklist. This blacklist consists of 375 unique paralogousgene fusions and was used to remove false positives from the OncominePriority gene fusions.

Example 2 NGS Mutation Methods for Identifying Gene Variants Associatedwith Cancer

The goal of the data integration for gene variants was to create themost complete set of mutation data currently available from the TOGA.

Data Sources—For this release, the following were integrated: TOGAmutation data from the Broad GDAC Mutation_Packager 2013_02_22 stddatabuild, Level 2 (public, experimentally un-validated) data available fromthe TOGA DCC as of Mar. 1^(st) 2013, and, for prostate adenocarcinoma,mutation data generated by Compendia from TOGA primary data.

Compendia (CBI) Mutation Calls—There was concern that the prostateadenocarcinoma mutation calls available from TOGA were of low qualityand resulted in false-positive ‘Gain of Function’ predictions.Therefore, all calls for this disease were sourced from Compendia's ownmutation calling pipeline, which closely parallels the process used bythe TOGA cancer type working groups to generate the publically-availablemutation calls.

TABLE 12 Data Source Selection Mutation TCGA Packager DCC Cancer TypeDisease (2013_02_22) (20130301) Compendia TOTAL Bladder UrothelialCarcinoma BLCA  28 Breast Invasive Carcinoma BRCA 772 Cervical SquamousCESC  39 Cell Carcinoma and Endocervical Adenocarcinoma Colon COAD 153Adenocarcinoma Glioblastoma Multiforme GBM 290 Head and Neck HNSC 306Squamous Cell Carcinoma Kidney Renal Clear Cell KIRC 293 CarcinomaKidney Renal Papillary Cell KIRP 100 Carcinoma Acute Myeloid LeukemiaLAML 196 Brain Lower Grade Glioma LGG 169 Lung Adenocarcinoma LUAD 379Lung Squamous Cell LUSC 178 Carcinoma Ovarian Serous OV 316Cystadenocarcinoma Pancreatic PAAD  34 Adenocarcinoma Prostate PRAD 170Adenocarcinoma Rectal READ  68 Adenocarcinoma Skin Cutaneous MelanomaSKCM 252 Stomach STAD 136 Adenocarcinoma Thyroid Carcinoma THCA 323Uterine Corpus UCEC 235 Endometrioid Carcinoma 4,437

Data Cleaning—some simple clean-up operations were performed to removeduplicate mutation records present in the source data. Duplicatemutations from various tumor/normal aliquots pairs of the same patientsample were removed. A total of 25 “ultra-mutator” samples (mutationcount of >5,000 per sample) were also excluded from the downstreamanalysis pipelines. In certain diseases, such as uterine corpusendometrioid carcinoma, several highly-mutated samples may dominate theoverall mutation counts and dilute the results of mutation recurrenceanalysis necessary for the Compendia mutation and gene classificationscheme.

Mutation Annotation: A. Compendia Annotation—Compendia's approach todefining mutations relied on accurate variant annotation hence; themutations were re-annotated using a standard annotation pipeline whichensured that mutations across disease types were evaluated consistentlyand were subject to common interpretation during the nomination ofpotential oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes.

Mutations obtained from TCGA were processed by Compendia according tothe following general steps: 1. Each mutation was first re-annotatedusing the Compendia transcript set. Successfully annotated mutationsreceived Compendia-derived annotation, while the rest retain annotationobtained from the TCGA. Annotation includes: Variant classification,Variant position, Variant change. 2. Redundant annotations of a mutationin multiple transcripts were removed. 3. Mutations located outside ofgene regions of interest were removed. 4. Mutations without a valid geneEntrez ID were removed.

“Mutation” is defined herein as a specific change at a genomic location,i.e.: Chromosome, start, stop, reference base, alternate base, varianttype (SNP, INS, DEL) etc.

“Annotation” is defined herein as a transcript-specific set ofproperties that describe the effect of the mutation, i.e.: Gene,transcript, variant classification, variant change, variant codonposition, etc.

In the Mutation Annotation step, the mutations obtained from TCGA werere-annotated against a standard transcript set compiled by Compendia.This transcript set included RefGene transcripts from hg18 and hg19genome builds, obtained from UCSC.

Each mutation was individually mapped against a contig in the CBITranscript Set within the specified genome build. SNP mutations weremapped directly to their start location, while for small insertion (INS)and deletion (DEL) mutations a position of interest is selected formapping.

For a mutation successfully mapped to a transcript, the CBI mutationannotation was inferred with respect to that transcript. For mutationsthat fail to map, the more limited TOGA annotation was retained, and avariant position for Hotspot calculations was constructed based on thegenomic coordinate.

Below is a description of the criteria used in annotating the mutationsthat map to the CBI Transcript Set:

Variant Classification: For each mutation successfully mapped to atranscript, the variant classification was inferred using the locationand the sequence variant type of the mutation. This approach identifiedthe following main mutation variant classifications:

TABLE 13 main mutation variant classifications: Variant ClassificationTranscript Region Splice_Site exon or intron 3′UTR, 5′UTR UTR exonIntron intron Missense, Nonsense, coding exon Nonstop, SilentFrame_Shift_Ins/Del coding exon In_Frame_Ins/Del coding exonNon_Coding_Exon exon of a non-coding gene

Variant Position: The variant position of a mutation is the locationused to identify genes with Hotspot mutations, which are mutations of acertain classification that are observed at the same location inmultiple tumor samples. To effectively identify recurrence and define ahotspot for each mutation, a mutation spot identifier was constructedthat encompassed the mutation position, the identity of the amino acidor base affected, and the variant classification. Mutations thatoccurred at the same location irrespective of the specific base changethey generated were aggregated. Therefore, only the reference base oramino acid was used to define the variant position. This ensured thatmutations affecting the same codon or genomic position would be countedtowards a possible hotspot, even if the alternate alleles they generatedwere different. For example, for a given gene, missense mutations V600E,V600F and V600G would all have a variant position of V600 and would thusbe aggregated together when identifying hotspot mutations. When theamino-acid level position was not available, the RNA-level orgenomic-level position was utilized.

For mutations that do not map to the CBI Transcript Set, and hence donot have a transcript-based location, the genomic location (startposition) and the reference nucleotide (reference allele) was used asthe variant position irrespective of the coding region or splice siteproximity. The TOGA-annotated variant classification was then added as asuffix. The variant change (see below) for these mutations was notdefined.

Variant Change: The variant change provides HGVS-like information aboutthe alternate allele change of the mutation (e.g. V600E). For SNPmutations in the coding region, the variant change was a full HGVSprotein-level sequence variant description, indicating the alternateamino acid. For SNPs outside of the coding region, the alternate allelenucleotide base was provided. For mutations that do not map to the CBITranscript Set, the variant classification from TOGA was retained.

Transcript Filtering: To avoid retrieving multiple transcripts, andhence, multiple annotations for a single mutation within a gene, onlyone transcript per mutation per gene (unique Entrez ID) were kept. If amutation mapped to several transcripts of a gene, only one was chosen.However, if a mutation mapped to several genes, then only one transcriptper gene was selected. It was thus possible for a mutation to receivetwo different annotations, but only if they stemmed from transcriptswith different Entrez IDs. In effect, any mutation of the same variantclassification at the same genomic location was always assigned to thesame transcript, and hence would be in the same frame of reference whencomputing recurrence for hotspot identification.

Gene Region Filtering: All mutations were further filtered by varianttype and class to avoid including mutations of minor interest to genefunction analysis. Mutations were filtered out that were not resolved toa gene region, either because they fell significantly far outside of atranscript, or because they were in a location not associated with aRefSeq gene. These mutations were evident either by their lack of geneidentifier, or membership in the following variant classes: Intron,5′Flank, IGR, and miRNA. Mutations were also filtered out with varianttype of DNP, TNP, ONP, Complex_substitution, and Indel, as theirannotation was not supported by the pipeline

Classifying Mutations as Hotspot, Deleterious, or Other—The next step inthe analysis pipeline identified recurring mutations in multiple samplesbased on their variant position, and categorized them into Hotspot,Deleterious or Other variant categories. For this step, and thesubsequent frequency calculations, mutations for each disease type wereprocessed independently. Only mutations of the same variantclassification were tallied together, so, for example, a missensemutation and a silent mutation at the same position was countedseparately.

To identify driver events, each mutation for a given Entrez Gene Id wascategorized as “Deleterious” or “Hotspot”. A mutation was deemed‘recurrent’ if it was observed in the same variant position in 3 or moretumor samples. A mutation belonged to the “Hotspot” variant category ifit was recurrent and was annotated with one of the following variantclassifications: In-frame insertion/deletion, Nonstop, Missense,Non_Coding_Exon. A mutation belonged to the “Deleterious” category if itwas: annotated with one of the following variant classifications: Frameshift insertion/deletion, Nonsense. A mutation was considered in the“Other” variant category if it did not fit the above criteria.

Nominating “Gain of Function” and “Loss of Function” Genes—Individualgenes were classified into predicted functional classes, namely “Gain ofFunction”, “Recurrent Other”, and “Loss of Function” to reflect theirrelative enrichment in potential activating or deleterious mutations.

Frequency of Mutations: Mutation frequencies for each gene werecalculated with respect to a given variant classification and variantcategory across all samples within a disease type. Overall mutationfrequency for a gene within a disease was calculated by combining allthe mutations.

Mutation Significance: The Hotspot p-values for each gene within adisease were calculated by selecting the most recurrent mutation m andusing sampling to determine the probability p of observing r or moremutations at that position. More specifically:

${p = \frac{100,{000 - {\sum\limits_{m = 1}^{r - 1}\; c_{m}}}}{100,000}},$where c_(m) is the count of replicates with maximum multiplicity m.P-values for transcripts with a maximum multiplicity of one are definedas 1.0. P-value for transcripts with a maximum multiplicity that isnever observed is defined as 1e-5.

Hotspot Q-values were calculated within each disease by counting thenumber of transcripts mutated at least once (N) and calculating the rankof each p-value. The q-value for a given p-value is then Q=p*N/rank.

To assess whether a gene was significantly enriched for deleteriousmutations compared with other genes, given the background mutation rate,Fisher's exact test was performed comparing the deleterious mutationfrequency of the gene in question to that of other genes. Nonsensemutations, frame shift insertions and frame shift deletions wereclassified as deleterious mutations, while mutations of any other type(missense, etc., but non-intergenic) counted as others.

Deleterious Q-values were calculated within each disease, by countingthe number of genes with deleterious mutations (N), and calculating therank of each association. The q-value for a given p-value was thenQ=p*N/rank.

Gene Classification: Once the mutations were classified, individualgenes were nominated to one of three classes—“Gain of Function,” “Lossof Function,” and “Recurrent Other.” The classification is based on thecombination of relative frequencies and the significance of themutations observed in the gene. The significance of the mutations pergene is assessed by a p-value. The classification scheme in FIG. 2specifies the criteria for Gain of Function and Loss of Function genes.

A “Gain of Function” gene will have a relatively high frequency ofHotspot Missense mutations and a low frequency of Deleterious mutations,while a “Loss of Function” gene contains a large fraction of Deleteriousmutations. “Recurrent Other” tend to contain recurrentinsertion/deletion mutations, some of which—for example recurrent frameshift indels of 1 base—exhibit signs of potential false-positive callsthat may arise from local alignment errors.

Pan-Cancer Analysis—To summarize mutations across diseases identicalcalculations were performed as for within-disease analyses, but withoutstratifying the mutation records by disease. For the pan-disease geneclassification, the genes (unique by Entrez ID) were summarized acrossall cancer types.

Example 3 Diagnostic Assay for the Identification of Gene Fusions and/orGene Variants in Cancer

Library Preparation

PCR Amplify Genomic DNA Targets

The disclosed variant and fusion polynucleotides can be detected by thesequencing of nucleic acids. This can be accomplished by next generationsequencing, the description of which follows. The source of the nucleicacid for next generation sequencing can include a Fresh-FrozenParaffin-Embedded (FFPE) sample.

A multiplex polymerase chain reaction is performed to amplify 384individual amplicons across a genomic DNA sample. A pool of greater than32,000 primers is developed covering more than 100 gene variants orfusion polynucleotides. Each primer in the primer pool was designed tocontain at least one uridine nucleotide near the terminus of eachprimer. Each primer is also designed to selectively hybridize to, andpromote amplification, by forming a primer pair, with a specific gene,gene variant, or fusion polypeptide of a nucleic acid sample.

To a single well of a 96-well PCR plate is added 5 microliters of thePrimer Pool containing 384 primer pairs at a concentration of 15 μM inTE, 10-50 ng genomic DNA and 10 microliters of an amplification reactionmixture (2× AmpliSeq HiFi Master Mix) that can include glycerol, dNTPs,and Platinum® Taq High Fidelity DNA Polymerase (Invitrogen, Catalog No.11304) to a final volume of 20 microliters with DNase/RNase Free Water(Life Technologies, CA, Part No. 600004).

The PCR plate is sealed and loaded into a thermal cycler (GeneAmp® PCRsystem 9700 Dual 96-well thermal cycler (Life Technologies, CA, Part No.N8050200 and 4314445)) and run using the following temperate profile togenerate the preamplified amplicon library.

An initial holding stage is performed at 98° C. for 2 minutes, followedby 16 cycles of denaturing at 98° C. for 15 seconds and an annealing andextending stage at 60° C. for 4 minutes. After cycling, the preamplifiedamplicon library is held at 4° C. until proceeding to the purificationstep outlined below.

Purify the Amplicons from Input DNA and Primers

Two rounds of Agencourt® AMPure® XP Reagent (Beckman Coulter, CA)binding, wash, and elution at 0.6× and 1.2× volume ratios are found toremove genomic DNA and unbound or excess primers. The amplification andpurification step outlined herein produces amplicons of about 100 bp toabout 600 bp in length.

In a 1.5 ml LoBind tube (Eppendorf, Part No. 022431021), thepreamplified amplicon library (20 microliters) is combined with 12microliters (0.6× volumes) of Agencourt® AMPure® XP reagent (BeckmanCoulter, CA). The bead suspension is pipetted up and down to thoroughlymix the bead suspension with the preamplified amplicon library. Thesample is then pulse-spin and incubated for 5 minutes at roomtemperature.

The tube containing the sample is placed on a magnetic rack such as aDynaMag™-2 spin magnet (Life Technologies, CA, Part No. 123-21D) for 2minutes to capture the beads. Once the solution cleared, the supernatantis transferred to a new tube, where 24 microliters (1.2× volume) ofAgenCourt0 AMPure® XP beads (Beckman Coulter, CA) is added to thesupernatant. The mixture is pipetted to ensure that the bead suspensionis mixed with the preamplified amplicon library. The sample is thenpulse-spun and incubated at room temperature for 5 minutes. The tubecontaining the sample is placed on a magnetic rack for 2 minutes tocapture the beads. Once the solution clears, the supernatant iscarefully discarded without disturbing the bead pellet. The desiredpreamplified amplicon library is then bound to the beads. Withoutremoving the tube from the magnetic rack, 200 microliters of freshlyprepared 70% ethanol is introduced into the sample. The sample isincubated for 30 seconds while gently rotating the tube on the magneticrack. After the solution clears, the supernatant is discarded withoutdisturbing the pellet. A second ethanol wash is performed and thesupernatant discarded. Any remaining ethanol is removed bypulse-spinning the tube and carefully removing residual ethanol whilenot disturbing the pellet. The pellet is air-dried for about 5 minutesat room temperature.

Once the tube is dry, the tube is removed from the magnetic rack and 20microliters of DNase/RNase Free Water is added (Life Technologies, CA,Part No. 600004). The tube is vortexed and pipetted to ensure the sampleis mixed thoroughly. The sample is pulse-spun and placed on the magneticrack for two minutes. After the solution clears, the supernatantcontaining the eluted DNA is transferred to a new tube.

Phosphorylate the Amplicons

To the eluted DNA (˜20 microliters), 3 microliters of DNA ligase buffer(Invitrogen, Catalog No. 15224041), 2 microliters dNTP mix, and 2microliters of FuP reagent are added. The reaction mixture is mixedthoroughly to ensure uniformity and incubated at 37° C. for 10 minutes.

Ligate Adapters to the Amplicons and Purify the Ligated Amplicons

After incubation, the reaction mixture proceeds directly to a ligationstep. Here, the reaction mixture now containing the phosphorylatedamplicon library is combined with 1 microliter of A/P1 Adapters (20 μmeach)(sold as a component of the Ion Fragment Library Kit, LifeTechnologies, Part No. 4466464) and 1 microliter of DNA ligase (sold asa component of the Ion Fragment Library Kit, Life Technologies, Part No.4466464), and incubated at room temperature for 30 minutes.

After the incubation step, 52 microliters (1.8× sample volume) ofAgenCourt® AMPure® Reagent (Beckman Coulter, CA) is added to the ligatedDNA. The mixture is pipetted thoroughly to mix the bead suspension withthe ligated DNA. The mixture is pulse-spun and incubated at roomtemperature for 5 minutes. The samples undergo another pulse-spin andare placed on a magnetic rack such as a DynaMag™-2 spin magnet (LifeTechnologies, CA, Part No. 123-21D) for two minutes. After the solutionclears, the supernatant is discarded. Without removing the tube from themagnetic rack, 200 microliters of freshly prepared 70% ethanol isintroduced into the sample. The sample is incubated for 30 seconds whilegently rotating the tube on the magnetic rack. After the solutionclears, the supernatant is discarded without disturbing the pellet. Asecond ethanol wash is performed and the supernatant is discarded. Anyremaining ethanol is removed by pulse-spinning the tube and carefullyremoving residual ethanol while not disturbing the pellet. The pellet isair-dried for about 5 minutes at room temperature.

The pellet is resuspended in 20 microliters of DNase/RNase Free Water(Life Technologies, CA, Part No. 600004) and vortexed to ensure thesample is mixed thoroughly. The sample is pulse-spun and placed on themagnetic rack for two minutes. After the solution clears, thesupernatant containing the ligated DNA is transferred to a new Lobindtube (Eppendorf, Part No. 022431021).

Nick Translate and Amplify the Amplicon Library and Purify the Library

The ligated DNA (˜20 microliters) is combined with 76 microliters ofPlatinum® PCR SuperMix High Fidelity (Life Technologies, CA, Part No.12532-016, sold as a component of the Ion Fragment Library Kit, LifeTechnologies, Part No. 4466464) and 4 microliters of LibraryAmplification Primer Mix (5 μM each)(Life Technologies, CA, Part No.602-1068-01, sold as a component of the Ion Fragment Library Kit, LifeTechnologies, Part No. 4466464), the mixture is pipetted thoroughly toensure a uniformed solution. The solution is applied to a single well ofa 96-well PCR plate and sealed. The plate is loaded into a thermalcycler (GeneAmp® PCR system 9700 Dual 96-well thermal cycler (LifeTechnologies, CA, Part No. N8050200 and 4314445)) and run on thefollowing temperate profile to generate the final amplicon library.

A nick-translation is performed at 72° C. for 1 minute, followed by anenzyme activation stage at 98° C. for 2 minutes, followed by 5-10 cyclesof denaturing at 98° C. for 15 seconds and an annealing and extendingstage at 60° C. for 1 minute. After cycling, the final amplicon libraryis held at 4° C. until proceeding to the final purification stepoutlined below.

In a 1.5 ml; LoBind tube (Eppendorf, Part No. 022431021), the finalamplicon library (˜100 microliters) is combined with 180 microliters(1.8× sample volume) of Agencourt® AMPure® XP reagent (Beckman Coulter,CA). The bead suspension is pipetted up and down to thoroughly mix thebead suspension with the final amplicon library. The sample is thenpulse-spun and incubated for 5 minutes at room temperature.

The tube containing the final amplicon library is placed on a magneticrack such as a DynaMag™-2 spin magnet (Life Technologies, CA, Part No.123-21D) for 2 minutes to capture the beads. Once the solution clears,the supernatant is carefully discarded without disturbing the beadpellet. Without removing the tube from the magnetic rack, 400microliters of freshly prepared 70% ethanol is introduced into thesample. The sample is incubated for 30 seconds while gently rotating thetube on the magnetic rack. After the solution clears, the supernatant isdiscarded without disturbing the pellet. A second ethanol wash isperformed and the supernatant is discarded. Any remaining ethanol isremoved by pulse-spinning the tube and carefully removing residualethanol while not disturbing the pellet. The pellet is air-dried forabout 5 minutes at room temperature.

Once the tube is dry, the tube is removed from the magnetic rack and 20microliters of Low TE was added (Life Technologies, CA, Part No.602-1066-01). The tube is pipetted and vortexed to ensure the sample ismixed thoroughly. The sample is pulse-spin and placed on the magneticrack for two minutes. After the solution clears, the supernatantcontaining the final amplicon library is transferred to a new Lobindtube (Eppendorf, Part No. 022431021).

Assess the Library Size Distribution and Determine the Template DilutionFactor

The final amplicon library is quantitated to determine the librarydilution (Template Dilution Factor) that results in a concentrationwithin the optimized target range for Template Preparation (e.g.,PCR-mediated addition of library molecules onto Ion Sphere™ Particles).The final amplicon library is typically quantitated for downstreamTemplate Preparation procedure using an Ion Library Quantitation Kit(qPCR) (Life Technologies, Part No. 4468802) and/or a Bioanalyzer™(Agilent Technologies, Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer) to determine the molarconcentration of the amplicon library, from which the Template DilutionFactor is calculated. For example, instructions to determine theTemplate Dilution Factor by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) can befound in the Ion Library Quantitation Kit User Guide (Life Technologies,Part No. 4468986), hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

In this example, 1 microliter of the final amplicon library preparationis analyzed on the 2100 Bioanalyzer™ with an Agilent High SensitivityDNA Kit (Agilent Technologies, Part No. 5067-4626) to generate peaks inthe 135-205 bp size range and at a concentration of about 5×10⁹ copiesper microliter.

Proceed to Template Preparation

An aliquot of the final library is used to prepare DNA templates thatare clonally amplified on Ion Sphere™ Particles using emulsion PCR(emPCR). The preparation of template in the instant example is preparedaccording to the manufacturer's instructions using an Ion XpressTemplate Kit (Life Technologies, Part No. 4466457), hereby incorporatedby reference in its entirety. Once template-positive Ion SphereParticles are enriched, an aliquot of the Ion Spheres are loaded onto anIon 314™ Chip (Life Technologies, Part No. 4462923) as described in theIon Sequencing User Guide (Part No. 4467391), hereby incorporated in itsentirety, and subjected to analysis and sequencing as described in theIon Torrent PGM Sequencer User Guide (Life Technologies, Part No.4462917), hereby incorporated in its entirety.

Example 4 Oncomine NGS Integrative Analysis Methods to Identify GeneticEvents Associated with Clinical Outcomes

The Oncomine NGS Integrative Analysis was designed to bring together thelargest possible set of core NGS data to enable scientific workflowsthat interrogate relationships across data types and diseases,summarizing the analyses at multiple biological levels of abstraction,such as genes and pathways.

Data Sources (Oncomine is available from Life Technologies/CompendiaBiosciences—Ann Arbor, Michigan and www.oncomine.org).

The data for the Integrative Analysis was taken from the below sources:

Fusions: Oncomine driver fusions

Mutations: Oncomine pan-cancer driver mutations

CNVs: Peak amplification and deletion data derived fromOncomine-processed copy number data

DNA: Oncomine-processed DNA-seq continuous data

RNA: Normalized gene-level RNAseq continuous data

Clinical: Oncomine-curated clinical and outcome metadata

Pathways: Oncomine pathway definitions

Fusions Data and Filtering

Fusion data for integrative analysis was obtained from Oncomine NGSFusion data. Oncomine Prioritized Fusion is a priority scheme developedat Compendia to capture attributes of known true positive fusion eventsand characterize a subset of observed gene fusions as high-confidencepriority fusions. Criteria used to define priority fusions include:valid 5′ to 3′ orientation, non-adjacent fusion partners, uniquelymapping spanning reads, non-paralogous fusion partners, not observed innormal tissue, and non-overlapping with redundant regions in the genome.

Fusions were included and considered driver fusions if they were calledby deFuse or Tophat, had exon expression evidence that was “supported”or “neutral” and met one of the following 4 criteria:

Oncomine Prioritized Fusion+Recurrent

Oncomine Prioritized Fusion+Mitelman Annotated

Oncomine Prioritized Fusion+One partner is an Oncomine Gain of Functiongene involved in 3 or more Pan-Disease Priority Fusions

Oncomine Prioritized Fusion+One partner is a Sanger Oncogene(goo.gl/JQBw9) involved in 3 or more Pan-Disease Priority Fusions

Mutations Data and Filtering

Mutation data for Integrative Analysis was obtained from Oncomine NGSMutation data. Individual genes are classified into predicted functionalclasses, namely “Gain of Function” and “Loss of Function” to reflecttheir relative enrichment in potential activating or deleteriousmutations. This classification is based on the combination of relativefrequencies and the significance of the mutations observed in the geneassessed by a p-value. A “Gain of Function” gene will have a relativelyhigh frequency of Hotspot Missense mutations and a low frequency ofDeleterious mutations, while a “Loss of Function” gene contains a largefraction of Deleterious mutations.

Copy Number Segmentation and Quantification

DNA copy number data for each TCGA sample was obtained from Oncomine.Measurements from multiple reporters for a single gene were averaged.

Minimum Common Region (MCR) Peak Generation

In genes that were recurrently amplified (4 or more copies) or deleted(1 or less copy), peaks were identified independently in 25 cancer typesby applying MCR analysis on Oncomine clinical samples. To define peaks,contiguous genomic regions with multiple genes that were significantlyaberrant (common regions) were identified first. In every common region,a Peak is defined as one or more genes whose aberrant sample count meetsor exceeds a peak threshold. In every cancer, common regions are definedas regions whose aberrant sample count meet or exceed a common regionthreshold. The baseline, average number of aberrant samples observedacross all genes, is calculated for every arm of every chromosome inevery cancer.

mRNA Gene Expression

Expression data was obtained from the Broad GDAC's TCGA Standard Data.

Clinical Data Curation

Patient clinical data was obtained from TCGA and curated by Compendia.Curated data types included demographics, major clinical andhistological disease subtypes, and clinical outcome data. All propertieswere standardized to be consistent across the diseases.

Construction of Clinically Relevant Subsets

Curated clinical data obtained from TOGA and Oncomine NGS data was usedand the rules in Table 14 were applied to define the Clinical Subsets:

TABLE 14 Rules to define the Clinical Subsets Disease Clinical SubtypeSource Rules Invasive Breast Triple Negative Phenomic Data ERBB2 Status= ERBB2 Negative Carcinoma Estrogen Receptor Status = Estrogen ReceptorNegative Progesterone Receptor Status = Progesterone Receptor NegativeER Positive Phenomic Data Estrogen Receptor Status = Estrogen ReceptorPositive ER Positive and Phenomic Data Estrogen Receptor Status = HER2Negative Estrogen Receptor Positive ERBB2 Status = ERBB2 NegativeGastric Hyper-Mutator Oncomine NGS Data Patient Mutation Count >= 400Adenocarcinoma Lung KRAS Mutation Oncomine NGS Data Oncomine MutationClassification = Hotspot Adenocarcinoma (No ALK Fusion and No EGFRMutation) Triple Negative Oncomine NGS Data No EGFR Mutation (AND) NoKRAS Mutation (AND) No ALK Fusion Rectal KRAS Mutation Oncomine NGS DataOncomine Mutation Classification = Hotspot Adenocarcinoma KRAS Mutation,Oncomine NGS Oncomine Mutation Classification = Hotspot Stage 3 or 4Data/Phenomic Data (AND) Stage = Stage III (OR) Stage IV KRAS WildtypeOncomine NGS Data No KRAS Mutation

Pathways

Manually curated Compendia pathway definitions were used to summarizegene-level aberrations in the integrative analysis. The pathwaysrepresent clinically relevant pathway modules, and several modules maycover a major biological pathway, and a single gene may be present inone or more pathway module definitions.

Data Integration

The diagram in FIG. 3 summarizes the data flow that integrates thevarious data types into a Genetic Event Database (GEDB). All furtheranalyses are conducted using the GEDB. The process has 4 main steps.

Map the data to the internal IA gene and patient dimension

Define events and driver events in each data type

Roll-up individual events to the gene and pathway level

Combine the events into the Genetic Events Database.

Gene and Patient Dimensions

A single gene and patient dimension was constructed which encompassedall patients and genes measured across all disease and data types. Thegenes and patients were given internal identifiers, and all data in theIA was referenced against these identifiers for gene name and patientbarcode consistency. The unique identifier for a gene is the gene EntrezID. The unique identifier for a patient is the TOGA Patient Barcode(first 12 digits of the TOGA barcode).

Driver Event Definition

Mutation, fusion and copy number events are defined based on thefollowing criteria for genomic events:

Fusions: Oncomine recurrent priority fusions

Mutations: Oncomine driver mutations from pan cancer driver genes

CNVs: CBI identified peaks, and gene amp/del within peaks

Genetic Event Definition and Roll-up

A genetic event is a genomic aberration, representing either anindividual mutation, fusion, or copy number event, or a combination ofevents at the gene or pathway level. The events are ‘rolled-up’according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4. When multiple events arecombined to construct rolled up events, the set of measured patients forthe rolled up event becomes the intersection of the patients measuredfor all 3 data types. Patients positive are only included if fullymeasured.

Analyses

Once all the driver genetic events are constructed, a set of analyses isperformed on each genetic event, calculating frequencies, associationsand relationships within diseases (and pan-cancer where appropriate).The following are short descriptions of each analysis:

Frequency

Frequency is the occurrence of a driver event among the patients inwhich it was measured. Frequencies are calculated within disease andpan-cancer.

Clinical Association Analysis

Each driver event is tested for association against a set of availableclinical subtypes. Each association is tested using a Fischer's exacttest by comparing the occurrences of the genetic event in patients ofone clinical subtype versus another. For example a Loss of Functionmutation may be tested for over-representation in Smokers versusNon-Smokers, or in Stage I versus Stage II lung cancer. A total of 136subtype pairs are tested against each event, the properties that definethe subtypes are listed below (some properties may be disease-specific).At least 4 patients total, with at least 1 patient in each class arerequired to perform the test.

Clinical Outcome Analysis

Each driver event is tested for association with clinical outcome usinglog-rank test. Only the set of patients with available clinical data areused for the calculation, so the number of patients included in the testmay be less than the number of patients measured for the driver event.At least 4 patients positive for driver event are required to performthe test. Survival time is presented in years, and individual alive/deadevents are clearly marked on a Kaplan-Meier curve. P-values werecorrected for multiple testing (q-values). Events with a q-value lessthan 0.1 were considered.

The results of the analysis are shown in Tables 15 and 39. In Tables 15and 39, the columns provide the following information:

The “Subset” column provides the clinically relevant cancer type.

The p-value column is the p-value.

The q-value column is the corrected p-value. Events with q<0.1 areincluded in the table.

The no. positive column is the number of patients positive for an eventtype.

The Total no. of patients column is the total number patients assessed.

The Cytoband column is the chromsomal location of the gene(s).

The Genes (Entrez ID) column is a List of gene(s) and correspondingEntrez id.

The Druggable genes column indicates if any gene(s) are targets fordrugs in active trials, approved, or otherwise commercially available.

The KM Evidence column provides the Kaplan-Meier evidence. The KMevidence indicates if the event type supports good or poor prognosis inthe particular cancer type.

Tables 15 and 39 contains more than 100 gain-of-function mutations,loss-of-function mutations, in-peak gene amplification/deletions, andfusion events for various cancer types with a q<0.1. Gene(s) within eachevent and cancer type are included along with their chromosomallocations, druggability information and clinical outcome associations,as indicated in the column information above.

Example 5 Integrated Data Analysis

Oncomine NGS Integrated Analysis. The Oncomine NGS Integrative Analysiswas designed to bring together the largest possible set of coreintegrated genomic and phenomic data to enable scientific workflows thatinterrogate relationships across data types and cancer types,summarizing the analyses at multiple biological levels of abstraction,such as genes and pathways.

Terminology:

Aberration—A genomic structural variation or alteration of DNA; Examplesinclude: mRNA over/under-expression, copy number amplification/deletion,mutation, and gene fusion.

Driver—Aberration identified as a potential cancer driver by Oncominemethodology described in this document; examples include gain offunction mutations, gene amplifications in a peak amplification region,or gene fusions

Roll-up—A summary of all mutation, fusion, or copy-number aberrationsfor the gene or pathway; Only patients measured for all three aberrationtypes are included in the rolled-up.

Hotspot Mutation—A mutation that is recurrent (n≥3), and classified aseither an in-frame insertion/deletion, nonstop or missense.

Patient null set—The set of patients measured for a genetic aberration

Patient positive set—The set of patients harboring the geneticaberration

Gene null set—The set of genes measured by the experimental platformused to assess the genetic aberration

Mitelman—Database of Chromosome Aberrations and Gene Fusions in Cancermanually curated from literature (goo.gl/PnXMT)

RPKM—“Reads Per Kilobase per Million”; a method for RNASeq dataquantification that normalizes for total read length and number ofsequencing reads (Mortazavi et al. 2008)

RSEM—“RNA-Seq by Expectation Maximization” a method for RNASeq dataquantification that estimates the best probable distribution of readsamong the expected transcripts provides relative transcript abundancesas a fraction of the total read pool. (Li and Dewey 2011)

Data Sources. An effort was made to collect the largest overlapping setof data available for each sample. The data in this release of the NGSIntegrative Analysis Browser was obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas(TCGA), the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE), COSMIC Cell LinesProject, and a number of research publications, either directly or afterbeing subjected to Oncomine processing and analysis methods. Due to theuneven coverage of all data types across the source datasets, somecancer types have a greater number of patients covered in multiple datatypes.

The Oncomine NGS Mutations release used in the Integrative Analysiscontained a number of hand-curated datasets obtained from NGS mutationstudies in peer-reviewed publications. For a full list of publicationsthat contributed mutation data to integrative analysis, please see theOncomine NGS Mutations methods documentation. The following datasetscontained multi-dimensional NGS data, providing both, mutations and copynumber data. Copy number data for these datasets was processed in thesame way as the copy number data obtained from TCGA.

Cell line data includes mutation, fusion, and copy number datasets. Cellline data was processed in the same way as the clinical tumor data—withmutation and fusion cell line data obtained from the Oncomine™ NGSMutation and Oncomine™ NGS Fusion Power Tools, respectively. Copy numberdata for cell lines was processed using the standard Oncomine copynumber pipeline. Although there were two disparate cell line datasetsused—CCLE and COSMIC—our standardization of cell line disease types andnames has enabled us to cross reference the two datasets and combine theCCLE copy number data, COSMIC mutation data and Oncomine fusions calls(based on CCLE RNASeq data). Therefore, numerous cell lines in thisrelease have had their exomes systematically characterized for all threetypes of aberrations. Cell line data was summarized using the Oncominecancer type definitions to be directly comparable to tumor data,although the summarization was performed separately for tumor and celllines.

Phenomic Data

Clinical Patient Metadata Curation. Patient clinical data was obtainedfrom primary sources and curated by Compendia. Curated data typesinclude demographics, major clinical and histological disease subtypes,and clinical outcome data. All cancer type-independent properties (suchas age or survival) were standardized for consistency across cancertypes. Certain disease stages were merged to obtain higher patientcounts within a stage. For example, Stage Ia and Ib may be combined asRevised Stage I.

Following is the list of most populated properties and correspondingvalues captured by the curation process. Not all properties wereavailable for all patients.

Property Name Property Value Age 10-14 Years 15-19 Years 20-29 Years30-39 Years 30-39 Years 40-49 Years 50-59 Years 60-69 Years 70-79 Years80-89 Years 90+ Years ERBB2 Status ERBB2 Negative ERBB2 PositiveEstrogen Receptor Status Estrogen Receptor Negative Estrogen ReceptorPositive FAB Subtype FAB Subtype M0 FAB Subtype M1 FAB Subtype M2 FABSubtype M3 FAB Subtype M4 FAB Subtype M5 FAB Subtype M6 FAB Subtype M7Gleason Score Gleason Score 10 Gleason Score 6 Gleason Score 7 GleasonScore 8 Gleason Score 9 Grade Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 3-4 Grade 4Hepatitis Virus Infection Status Hepatitis B Virus Positive Hepatitis CVirus Positive Human Papillomavirus HPV Negative Infection Status HPVPositive HPV Type 16 and 52 Positive HPV Type 16 Positive HPV Type 45Positive HPV Type 58 Positive Metastatic Event Status Metastatic EventMicrosatellite Status Microsatellite Instable Microsatellite StableOverall Survival Status Alive Dead Overall Survival Status Alive(Detailed) Alive With Disease Alive Without Disease Dead Dead WithDisease Dead Without Disease Patient Treatment Response Unknown TherapyComplete Response Unknown Therapy Partial Response Unknown TherapyProgressive Disease Unknown Therapy Stable Disease Progesterone ReceptorStatus Progesterone Receptor Negative Progesterone Receptor PositiveRace/Ethnicity American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or AfricanAmerican Hispanic or Latino Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific IslanderWhite Recurrence Status Biochemical Recurrence No Biochemical RecurrenceRecurrence Recurrence Status (Detailed) Local Recurrence MetastaticRecurrence Recurrence Revised M Stage M0 M1 Revised N Stage N0 N1 N2 N3Revised Smoking Status Never Smoker Smoker Revised Stage FIGO Stage IFIGO Stage II FIGO Stage III FIGO Stage IV Stage I Stage II Stage IIIStage IV Revised T Stage T T0 T1 T11 T12 T2 T21 T22 T3 T4 Sex FemaleMale *TCGA PAM50 Subtype Basal-like HER2-enriched Luminal A Luminal BNormal-like *TCGA RPPA Subtype Basal Her2 Luminal A Luminal A/B ReactiveI Group Reactive II Group *TCGA Subtype Basal CIN Classical InvasiveMesenchymal MSI/CIMP Neural Primitive Proneural Secretory MetastaticEvent Follow-up Time (Days) Overall Survival Follow-up Time (Days)Recurrence Follow-up Time (Days)

Properties prefixed by “TOGA” were obtained and curated from the TOGApublications that defined the molecular subtypes for invasive breastcarcinoma, glioblastoma′squamous cell lung carcinoma and colorectalcancers.

Genomic Event Data: Fusions Data Filtering. Fusion data for theIntegrative Analysis Browser was obtained from Oncomine NGS Fusion datareleased in November, 2013. Only fusions identified as Oncomine PriorityFusions were included in the Integrative Analysis Browser.

Oncomine Prioritized Fusion is a priority scheme developed at Compendiato capture attributes of known true positive fusion events andcharacterize a subset of observed gene fusions as high-confidencepriority fusions. Criteria used to define priority fusions include:valid 5′ to 3′ orientation, non-adjacent fusion partners, uniquelymapping spanning reads, non-paralogous fusion partners, not observed innormal tissue, and non-overlapping with redundant regions in the genome.

The patient null set for the fusion data is the full set of patienttumor samples processed in the fusion analysis; data for only one tumorsample (preferably the primary, non-recurrent tumor) per patient wasretained. The gene null set is the set of genes in RefGene as of May2012. Fusions were included in the Integrative Analysis Browser if theywere an Oncomine Priority Fusion, had exon expression evidence that was“supported” or “neutral”, and met one of the following criteria:

Recurrent (occurred in 2 or more patients)

Annotated in the Mitelman database of known structural variations

Contained a gene partner that is an Oncomine Gain of Function gene thatis involved in 3 or more Pan-Disease Priority Fusions

Contained a gene partner that is a Sanger Oncogene (goo.gl/JQBw9) thatis involved in 3 or more Pan-Disease Priority Fusions.

Mutation Data Filtering. Mutation data for Integrative Analysis wasobtained from Oncomine NGS Mutation data released in November, 2013.Only non-silent mutations in coding gene regions were included in theIntegrative Analysis Browser.

The patient null set is the full set of patients processed in themutation analysis; data for only one tumor sample (preferably theprimary, non-recurrent tumor) per patient was retained. The gene nullset is the set of genes in RefGene as of March 2012.

Mutations with the following variant classifications were not includedin the Integrative Analysis Browser: Silent, 5′ UTR, 3′ UTR, RNA,Non-Coding Exon.

Calling Amplifications/Deletions. DNA copy number data for each samplewas obtained from the 2013 Q4 Oncomine Standard Data Build, in which allcopy number data available from TCGA and the hand-curated publicationsas of October 2013 was standardized.

The patient null set for this analysis was the set of patients measuredfor copy number data as of October 2013 and the set of patients measuredin the hand-curated publications. Data for only one tumor sample(preferably the primary, non-recurrent tumor) per patient was retained.The gene null set for this data was the Oncomine DNA Copy Numberplatform, based on RefSeq coordinates (hg18) provided by UCSC RefGenebuild July 2009, and measures 18,796 genes. Measurements from multiplereporters for a single gene were averaged.

The log₂ of the estimated copy value was used to makeamplification/deletion (amp/del) calls, with cutoffs of >1.0 and <−1.0,respectively. No amp/del calls were made log₂ (estimated copies) thatwere ≥−1.0 or ≤+1.0.

Genomic Continuous Data: Copy Number Segmentation and Quantification.DNA copy number data for each sample was obtained from the 2013 Q4Oncomine Standard Data Build, in which all copy number data availablefrom TCGA as of September 2013 and all copy number data from thehand-curated publications was standardized.

The patient null set for this analysis was the set of TCGA patientsmeasured for copy number data as of October 2013 and the set of patientsmeasured in the hand-curated publications. Data for only one tumorsample (preferably the primary, non-recurrent tumor) per patient wasretained. The gene null set for this data was the Oncomine DNA CopyNumber platform, based on RefSeq coordinates (hg18) provided by UCSCRefGene build July 2009, and measures 18,796 genes. Measurements frommultiple reporters for a single gene were averaged.

Copy number data was segmented and quantified using the standardOncomine processing pipeline. Segmentation is a method used to identifycontiguous regions of amplification or deletion. These regions or“segments” can include multiple genes or single genes. A copy numbervalue is computed for each segment based on the mean value for thereporters contained in the segment. Genes are mapped to segments andassigned a value. This gene level data is then reported. Please see theOncomine DNA Processing Pipeline White Paper for more information.

mRNA Expression Data. Expression data was obtained from the Broad GDAC'sTCGA Standard Data build from September, 2013.

The patient null set for this data was the set of patients withavailable RNASeq data in the Broad GDAC 2013_08_09 stddata build; datafor only one tumor sample (preferably the primary, non-recurrent tumor)per patient was retained. The gene null set for this data was differentper disease and corresponded to the TCGA Gene Annotation Files (GAFs)used for the RNASeq quantification.

The TCGA currently employs two methods of RNASeq quantification—V1(RPKM) and V2 (RSEM)—which are not directly numerically comparable. Toavoid a potentially inaccurate numerical conversion, we use data from asingle quantification method on a per-disease basis, choosing the formatbased on maximal coverage. In line with efforts by the TCGA to process(and re-process) all available RNASeq data using RSEM (V2), RSEM (V2)data was available for most samples. An exception is GastricAdenocarcinoma where RPKM (V1) data was used. Normalized, gene-levelquantification values were obtained for both RSEM and RPKM and convertedto log₂ values (minimum non-zero RPKM or RSEM values were set at −12). Agene was considered to be expressed if it had a log₂ value>−12.

Oncomine Driver Reference Data: Minimum Common Region (MCR) PeakGeneration and Gene Selection. In order to identified cancer drivergenes subject to amplifications and deletions, a peak-clustering methodwas performed to select genes frequently aberrant across multiple cancertypes. First copy number peaks were defined across the largest-availableset of copy number data (i.e data beyond what is included in theIntegrative Analysis) within many cancer types. Next, the gene listsdefined by the peaks were clustered in order to identify genes appearingin copy number peaks in multiple samples and multiple diseases. Theparts of the method are described in more detail below.

An aberration may be classified as a “driver” aberration—or one that isconsidered potentially interesting according to one of the datatype-specific Oncomine classification methods. Driver aberrations willbe captured as events independently of other aberrations (non-driveraberrations are termed “any”). For example, a patient who has a “driver”mutation will be positive for two aberrations—a “driver” mutation, andan “any” mutation. Each of the measured data types has a set of rulesfor determining the driver events.

A set of continuous genomic regions subject to amplification or deletionwere identified using the Oncomine MCR analysis by applying it toOncomine's 10,249 clinical samples grouped into 25 cancers.

The patient null set for the peak definition was 10,249 clinical samplesfrom Oncomine (See Table below). The gene null set for this data was theOncomine DNA Copy Number platform, based on RefSeq coordinates (hg18)provided by UCSC refGene build July 2009, and measures 18,796 genes.

Data for the minimal common region (MCR) analysis was sourced fromOncomine DNA copy number browser that contains >20,000 clinicalspecimens, xenografts and cell lines across diverse cancer types. MCRanalysis identifies regions of recurrent copy number amplifications ordeletions by analyzing the data at three levels—pan-cancer (across allcancer types), general cancer type (across cancer types), andintermediate cancer type or specific cancer sub-types. Briefly, themethod first computes a common region (CR) defined as a contiguousgenomic region that is amplified or deleted in 2 or more samples. Theminimum thresholds for amplifications and deletions were set at log2≥0.9 (3.7 copies or more) and log 2≤−0.9 (1 copy or less) respectively.Then the peak regions within these common regions are defined as—(i) oneor more genes that are aberrant in the highest number of samples (n) andalso those that are aberrant in one less than the highest number (n−1)and (ii) genes that are aberrant in 90% of the highest aberrant samplecount.

Cluster Analysis to Identify Common Peaks Regions. MCR analysis wasperformed. Peak regions identified by the MCR analysis were furtherfiltered across the three analysis types (that is, pan-cancer, generalcancer type, and specific cancer type analyses) using the criterialisted in table below. Note that only selected number (˜40) ofintermediate or specific cancer types (also listed further below) wereincluded.

Filtering criteria to identify highly amplified/deleted regions from MCRanalysis:

Intermediate General or specific Pan-cancer cancer type cancer typeAberrant sample count ≥4 ≥4 ≥4 Maximum log2 copy ≥2 ≥2 ≥2 number- (8 ormore (8 or more (8 or more copies) Amplifications copies) copies)Maximum log2 copy N/A ≤−1 ≤−1 number-Deletions (1 or less (1 or lesscopies) copies) Median frequency ≥0.5% ≥0.5% ≥1.0% Intermediate orInclude all Include all Selected ICTs specific cancer types (see Table6)

Selected intermediate or specific cancer types included in the filteringcriteria described above:

General Cancer Type Intermediate or specific cancer types BladderBladder Urothelial Carcinoma Brain and CNS Glioblastoma;Medulloblastoma; Neuroblastoma Breast N/A Cervical CervicalAdenocarcinoma; Cervical Squamous cell carcinoma Colorectal CancerColorectal Adenocarcinoma Esophageal Esophageal Adenocarcinoma;Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Gastric Gastric Adenocarcinoma Headand Neck Head-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Thyroid gland follicularcarcinoma; Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma Kidney Clear Cell RenalCell Carcinoma; Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Leukemia AcuteLymphoblastic Leukemia; Acute Myeloid Leukemia; Chronic LymphocyticLeukemia; Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia; Myelodysplastic Syndrome LiverHepatocellular Carcinoma Lung Cancer Lung Adenocarcinoma; Small CellLung Carcinoma; Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma Lymphoma Burkitt'sLymphoma; DLBCL; Follicular Lymphoma; Hodgkin's Lymphoma; Mantle CellLymphoma; Melanoma Cutaneous Melanoma; Multiple Myeloma OtherEndometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma Ovarian Ovarian Clear CellAdenocarcinoma; Ovarian Serous Adenocarcinoma Pancreas Pancreatic DuctalAdenocarcinoma; Prostate Adenocarcinoma Sarcoma GIST

Next, to identify the most recurrent peak regions and genes acrossmultiple cancer types we used Cytoscape 2.8.3 [Markiel et al. 2003;Smoot et al. 2001] to build network clusters. Briefly, the analysiscompares every gene in a given peak region to genes in other peakregions and clusters peaks with at least one common gene. The mostrecurrent amplified or deleted gene(s) within each cluster was thenconsidered as a potential candidate driver gene. The process is shown inFIG. 11.

Identification and Creation of Clinically Relevant Cancer Subtypes. Inorder to provide subsets of patients for more focused analysis, severalclinically relevant cancer subtypes were identified and curated using acombination of clinical phenomic, and categorical genomic data. Thephenomic data was sourced from the TCGA Web Portal or the SupplementaryMethods of the hand-curated publications.

The following rules were applied to define the Clinical Subsets:

Clinical Data Data Interpretation Rules Cancer Type Subtype Source forInclusion in Subtype Invasive Breast Triple Negative TCGA Web ERBB2Status = “ERBB2 Negative” Carcinoma Portal Estrogen Receptor Status =“Estrogen Receptor Negative” Progesterone Receptor Status =“Progesterone Receptor Negative” ER Positive Phenomic Estrogen ReceptorStatus = “Estrogen Receptor Positive” HER2 Positive Phenomic ERBB2Status = “ERBB2 Positive” ER Positive and Phenomic Estrogen ReceptorStatus = “Estrogen HER2 Positive Receptor Positive” ERBB2 Status =“ERBB2 Positive” ER Positive and Phenomic Estrogen Receptor Status =“Estrogen HER2 Negative Receptor Positive” ERBB2 Status = “ERBB2Negative” Gastric Diffuse Phenomic Cancer Type = “Diffuse GastricAdenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma” Intestinal Phenomic Cancer Type =“Gastric Intestinal Type Adenocarcinoma” Hyper-Mutator Oncomine NGSPatient Mutation Count ≥ 400 Head and HPV Positive Phenomic HumanPapillomavirus Infection Status = Neck Squamous “HPV Positive” CellCarcinoma HPV Negative Phenomic Human Papillomavirus Infection Status =“HPV Negative” Cervical HPV Positive Phenomic Human PapillomavirusInfection Status = Squamous Cell “HPV Positive” Carcinoma Lung EGFRMutation Oncomine NGS Oncomine Mutation Classification = AdenocarcinomaMutation “Hotspot” KRAS Mutation Oncomine NGS Oncomine MutationClassification = (No ALK Fusion Mutation and “Hotspot” and No EGFRFusion Mutation) ALK Fusion Oncomine NGS Have Oncomine Driver ALKfusions Fusion Triple Negative Oncomine NGS No EGFR Mutation ANDMutation and No KRAS Mutation AND Fusion No ALK Fusion Colon and KRASMutation Oncomine NGS Oncomine Mutation Classification = Rectal Mutation“Hotspot” Adenocarcinoma KRAS Mutation, Oncomine NGS Oncomine MutationClassification = Stage 3 or 4 Mutation and “Hotspot” AND Phenomic Stage= “Stage III” OR “Stage IV” KRAS Wildtype Oncomine NGS Oncomine MutationClassification = Mutation and “Hotspot” AND No KRAS Fusion FusionMicrosatellite Phenomic Microsatellite Status = “Microsatellite StableStable” Microsatellite Phenomic Microsatellite Status = “MicrosatelliteInstable Instable” Endometrial Microsatellite Phenomic MicrosatelliteStatus = “Microsatellite Endometrioid Stable Stable” CarcinomaMicrosatellite Phenomic Microsatellite Status = “Microsatellite InstableInstable”

Pathways. Manually curated Compendia pathway definitions were used tosummarize gene-level aberrations in the Integrative Analysis Browser.The pathways represent clinically relevant pathway modules, and severalmodules may cover a major biological pathway. A single gene may bepresent in one or more pathway definitions, but care was taken toeliminate largely redundant pathways, in which one module is a completesubset of another. There are 67 total pathways, ranging in size from 42genes (e.g. MAPK pathway) to 2 genes (e.g. IGF1/IGF1R and severalothers).

Data Integration. This section summarizes the data flow that integratesthe primary data onto common patient and gene dimensions and constructsthe Genetic Event Database (GEDB), which is comprised of all theaberrations which will be subject to Integrative Analyses. The processhas 4 main steps: (1) Integrate primary data using universal gene andpatient dimensions, (2) Call aberration events for each data type anddefine driver aberrations (3) Roll-up individual events to the gene andpathway level and integrate events, and (4) Construct the Genetic EventDatabase by defining patient status for each event.

Constructing and Mapping to the Gene and Patient Dimensions. The varieddata types included in the Integrative Analysis may have been measuredon different experimental platforms and on sets of patients that are notperfectly overlapping. Therefore, care was taken to include all patientsand genes measured while avoiding duplicate or conflicting entries.

For each data type, a gene and patient “dimension” was constructed,enumerating the genes and patients measured in the data. The dimensionfor each data type may be different, as indicated by the patientdimension overlap diagram below (numbers for illustration only), in thiscase, for Invasive Breast Carcinoma.

Gene and patient dimensions were gathered from each cancer and datatype, and a non-redundant superset of all the patient and geneidentifiers in the Integrative Analysis was constructed. The bars in thefigure below represent blocks of patient identifiers (if sorted by saididentifier) for patients measured for the certain aberration types.

Redundancy for patients was determined based on the unique patientidentifier—currently the first 12 characters of the TCGA Tumor SampleBarcode (e.g., TCGA-AB-1234).

Redundancy for genes was determined based on the unique geneidentifier—currently the Entrez Gene ID. The genes were also comparedagainst the Oncomine gene set, and when a gene symbol conflict wasfound—one Entrez ID assigned two or more gene symbols—the gene symbolfrom Oncomine was used. Several (12) of the measured genes containedEntrez ID that have been discontinued and thus may not represent themost accurate gene model. The gene symbols for these genes were markedwith the word “discontinued”.

Once constructed, the non-redundant gene and patient dimensions wereindexed to provide a consistent internal identifier for each gene andpatient in the dataset. All the unique patient and gene identifiers inthe primary data were then mapped to the dimension patient and geneidentifiers. Gene and patient metadata, such as gene symbols and patientclinical data, are thus always mapped through the respective dimensions,providing consistency in naming and annotation. The total number ofunique genes and patients in the Integrative Analysis is as follows:

Genes 23,340 Patients 11,476

The patient dimension along with the dataset-specific mapping of thepatients helps correctly identify fully wild-type patients—those who aremeasured for all aberration types but do not contain any aberrations.

A patient could thus be measured for any number of aberrations, and canonly be aberrant for those events measured. The aberrations a patient ismeasured for determined the types of analyses that patient would beincluded in:

Patient “X” Patient “X” Patient “Y” Patient “Y” Measured ExcludedMeasured Excluded for: from: for: from: Clinical* Clinical ✓ DNA vs. RNAMutations ✓ Associations, ✓ Correlation, Fusions ✓ Clinical ✓Differential Copy Number ✓ Outcome ✓ Expression, Expression ✓Associations Expressed Frequency *“Measured for: Clinical” indicatesclinical metadata was present for patient.

Event Model. Each genomic aberration from the mutation, fusion, and copynumber data sets was identified as an aberration event—a term used todefine an event of interest that will be subject to the variouspre-defined Integrative Analyses. Each aberration is part of three broadlevels of events—data type-specific events, gene-specific but data typeindependent events, and pathway-specific but gene or data typeindependent events. The latter two levels are considered “rolled-up”events.

The specific rules for aberration event definition as well as the“level” and “driver” schemes are described below.

Mutation Event Caller. Oncomine Pan-Cancer Mutation Classification: Amutation is classified as a “Hotspot” if it is: Recurrent (occurs in 3or more samples at the same amino acid position) ANDAnnotated with oneof the following variant classifications: In-Frame insertion/deletion,Nonstop, Missense. A mutation is classified as “Deleterious” if it is:Not recurrent AND Annotated with one of the following variantclassifications: Frame-Shift insertion/deletion, Nonsense. Recurrence ismeasured across all cancer types analyzed as part of the Oncomine NGSMutation Browser.

Oncomine Pan-Cancer Gene Classification. As part of the Oncomine NGSMutation Browser pipeline, individual genes are classified intopredicted functional classes, namely “Gain of Function” and “Loss ofFunction” to reflect their relative enrichment in potential activatingor deleterious mutations. This classification is based on thecombination of relative frequencies and the significance of themutations observed in the gene assessed by a p-value. A “Gain ofFunction” gene will have a relatively high frequency of hotspot(recurrent in 3 or more samples) missense mutations and a low frequencyof deleterious mutations, while a “Loss of Function” gene contains alarge fraction of deleterious mutations. Pan-cancer gene classificationsare based on the mutations observed across all cancer types.

Mutation Aberration Events. For each patient gene mutation (as definedby the Mutation Data Filtering section), either one or two mutationevents will be created, depending on whether the mutation is classifiedas a driver aberration. A driver mutation aberration is defined as a“Hotspot” mutation present in a “Gain of Function” gene, or a “Hotspot”or “Deleterious” mutation present in a “Loss of Function” gene. Fordriver mutations, both a driver event and an any event is created. Fornon-driver mutations, only an any event is created. Pan-Cancer mutationand gene classification was used for all analysis subsets; so, geneclassifications may sometimes differ between Integrative Analysis andOncomine NGS Mutation Browser.

The table below gives the description and examples of mutation eventsthat could be created for each gene:

Event Example Driver Type Description of Event Aberration Name StatusGain of A “Hotspot” mutation and EGFR Gain of Function driver Function a“Gain of Function” gene Mutation Mutation classification Loss of A“Hotspot” or “Deleterious” APC Loss of Function driver Function mutationin a “Loss of Mutation Mutation Function” gene Any Gene Any mutation ina gene TTN <Any Gene any Mutation Mutation>

Fusion Event Caller. Only Oncomine Priority fusions are included in theIntegrative Analysis. Of the Priority Fusions, the driver fusions weredefined as those labeled known oncogenes by the Mitelman database ORfusions that either did not have sufficient exon expression data and arerecurrent, OR fusions that have exon expression data and a significantp-value for exon expression imbalance of the two gene partners (SeeOncomine NGS Fusions Methods Documentation for details of exon imbalanceclassification). For each gene, an event will created for each uniqueobserved 5′-3′ combination of the gene partners. For example, forPML-RARA balanced translocation both isoforms are observed and hence twofusion events will be called—for PML-RARA and RARA-PML respectively.

Example Driver Event Type Description of Event Aberration Name StatusFusion Driver fusion involving gene PML-RARA Fusion driver Any FusionAny fusion involving gene FRS2-LYZ Fusion any

Copy Number Event Caller. Each Amp/Del (see Calling Amp/Dels) that wascalled was defined as an any event for the aberrant gene. If the amp/deloccurred in a gene that was part of a peak definition (see MCR PeakGeneration) in a certain cancer type, a driver ampdel event was alsocreated for that gene. The driver definition for copy number events isthus cancer type specific.

The following are the copy number aberration events that maybe be calledfor a gene amplification or deletion:

Example Driver Event Type Description of Event Aberration Name StatusIn-Peak Gene An amplification in a gene EGFR driver Amplificationobserved in an Amplification In-Peak Gene Peak within the same cancerAmplification type In-Peak Gene A deletion in a gene CDKN1A In-Peakdriver Deletion observed in a Deletion Peak Gene Deletion within thesame cancer type Any Gene An amplification in a gene ERBB2 anyAmplification <Any Gene Amplification> Any Gene A deletion in a geneFGFR <Any any Deletion Gene Deletion>

Genetic Event Roll-Up. Both driver and any events are “rolled-up” togene-level and pathway-level events to capture a data type-independentaberration statistics and associations. For example, it may beinteresting to see the association of any aberrations in a tumorsuppressor gene with clinical outcome, not just the association of thedeleterious mutations.

A gene-level aberration event is created for each gene that has at leastone aberration of any data type. A pathway-level aberration event iscreated for each pathway in which at least one of the component geneshas an aberration of any data type. Driver and any aberrations arerolled-up independently into gene-level or pathway-level driver or anyevents. The diagram below shows the hierarchical relationships betweenthe various aberration event types.

Patient Event Status. A patient can be measured for any number ofaberrations but can only be aberrant for those events measured. Patientstatus for each event-level aberration is thus recorded as aberrant,wild type, or not measured.

The patient dimension along with the data set-specific mapping of thepatients helps correctly identify fully wild-type patients—those who aremeasured for all aberration types but don't contain any aberrations.

When gene-level and pathway-level events are defined, only the patientsmeasured for all 3 genetic data types—mutations, fusion, and copynumber—are marked as “aberrant” or “wild type” for the event. Thisassumption has the effect of potentially reducing the number of patientssummarized for a gene or pathway-level aberrations as compared to thedata type-specific event-level aberrations. A patient is consideredaberrant for a gene-level event if the patient is aberrant for at leastone of the event-level aberration types (Fusion, Mutation,Amplification, or Deletion). A patient is considered aberrant for apathway-level event if the patient has an aberration in at least onegene that is part of the pathway definition. In each case, the patientmust have been measured for all the event types.

In the case of the Gain of Function and Fusion, the aberration frequencyis ˜50%. For the Driver Gene Aberration event the aberration frequencyis also ˜50% but only half as many patients are included in thenumerator and denominator of the frequency.

Analysis. Once all the driver genetic events are constructed, a set ofanalyses is performed on each genetic event, calculating frequencies,associations, and relationships within cancer types, clinically relevantsubtypes, and among cancer types (pan-cancer). The following are shortdescriptions of each analysis, including which data is used, and whatconstraints, if any, are put on the reported results: frequency,expressed frequency, co-occurrence and mutual exclusivity, clinicalassociation analysis, etc.

Frequency. Frequency is the occurrence of an aberration among thepatients in which it was measured. Frequencies are calculated withincancer types, clinically relevant cancer subtypes, and pan-cancer. Allevents with at least one aberrant patient are reported.

Expressed Frequency. Expressed frequency is the frequency at which thegene(s) is expressed among the event-positive patients. For each event,expression level of the gene(s) is used to ascertain the expressedfrequencies. Frequencies are calculated within cancer types andclinically relevant cancer subtypes, but not pan-cancer.

Co-Occurrence and Mutual Exclusivity. Co-occurrence and mutualexclusivity is calculated for each pair of events using a Fischer'sExact test. At least 2 patients positive for each event and 5 patientsmeasured for the events in total are required for the calculation.Co-occurrence or exclusivity of two individual copy number deletion oramplification events is not calculated. Also, co-occurrence and mutualexclusivity is not calculated between pairs of events with “any” driverstatus (i.e. only drivers vs. drivers and drivers vs. any are compared).Associations are calculated within cancer types and clinically relevantcancer subtypes, but not pan-cancer.

Clinical Association Analysis. Each driver event is tested forassociation against a set of available clinical subtypes. Eachassociation is tested using a Fischer's exact test by comparing theoccurrences of the genetic event in patients of one clinical subtypeversus another. For example, a Loss of Function mutation may be testedfor over-representation in Smokers versus Non-Smokers, or in Stage Iversus Stage II lung cancer. A total of 136 subtype pairs are testedagainst each event, and the properties that define the subtypes arelisted below (some properties may be disease-specific). At least 4patients total, with at least 1 patient in each class are required toperform the test. Associations are calculated within cancer types,clinically relevant cancer subtypes, and pan-cancer.

Clinical Subtype Property Names:

-   Race/Ethnicity-   Revised Smoking Status-   ERBB2 Status-   Estrogen Receptor Status-   Progesterone Receptor Status-   TCGA PAM50 Subtype-   BRAF Mutation Status-   Revised T Stage-   Revised N Stage-   Revised M Stage-   Revised Stage-   KRAS Mutation Status-   EGFR Amplification Status-   TCGA Subtype-   Microsatellite Status-   Human Papillomavirus Infection-   Status

Clinical Outcome Analysis. Each event is tested for association withclinical outcome using the Logrank test. Only the set of patients withavailable clinical data are used for the calculation, so the number ofpatients included in the test may be less than the number of patientsmeasured for the driver event. At least 4 patients aberrant for an eventare required to perform the test. Survival time is presented in years,and individual alive/dead events are clearly marked on a Kaplan-Meiercurve. Associations are calculated within cancer types and clinicallyrelevant cancer subtypes, but not pan-cancer.

DNA-RNA Correlation Analysis. For each gene, the RNA expression and DNAcopy number values are tested for correlation among all patients withina disease who were measured for these data types using Pearson'scorrelation. Correlations are calculated within cancer types andclinically relevant cancer subtypes, but not pan-cancer.

Differential Expression Analysis. For each event, each gene associatedwith the event was tested for differential expression in event-positivepatients vs. event-negative patients using Student's T-Test. For eventsinvolving several genes—such as fusions—each gene was tested.Differential expression is calculated within cancer types and clinicallyrelevant cancer subtypes, but not pan-cancer.

TABLE 15 Table 15: Events associate with cancer prognosis Total p- q-no. of Subset event type value value No. positive patientsHepatocellular Carcinoma In-Peak Gene 3.31E−02 9.93E−02 4 65Amplification Hepatocellular Carcinoma In-Peak Gene 2.47E−02 9.89E−02 465 Deletion Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma Loss of Function 1.60E−029.59E−02 7 175 Mutation Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma Loss of Function3.14E−02 9.42E−02 7 175 Mutation Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma Loss ofFunction 7.73E−03 9.28E−02 5 175 Mutation Clear Cell Renal CellCarcinoma In-Peak Gene 7.12E−03 9.25E−02 8 493 Deletion Invasive BreastCarcinoma:ER In-Peak Gene 2.17E−03 9.13E−02 15 635 PositiveAmplification Ovarian Serous In-Peak Gene 1.00E−03 8.99E−02 10 557Cystadenocarcinoma Amplification Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Loss ofFunction 2.44E−02 8.55E−02 14 293 Mutation Ovarian Serous In-Peak Gene5.45E−04 8.39E−02 89 557 Cystadenocarcinoma Amplification LungAdenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene 6.80E−03 8.16E−02 4 320 Amplification LungAdenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene 6.80E−03 8.16E−02 4 320 Amplification LungAdenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene 8.57E−03 7.71E−02 9 320 AmplificationInvasive Breast In-Peak Gene 8.10E−03 7.29E−02 5 88 Carcinoma:TripleNegative Amplification Head and Neck Squamous Cell In-Peak Gene 1.02E−026.93E−02 8 316 Carcinoma Amplification Rectal Adenocarcinoma In-PeakGene 2.08E−03 6.86E−02 4 145 Deletion Lung Adenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene9.37E−03 6.09E−02 5 320 Deletion Hepatocellular Carcinoma In-Peak Gene3.03E−02 6.06E−02 4 65 Deletion Ovarian Serous In-Peak Gene 5.58E−046.02E−02 22 557 Cystadenocarcinoma Amplification RectalAdenocarcinoma:KRAS Loss of Function 2.69E−02 5.38E−02 11 28 WildtypeMutation Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma In-Peak Gene 2.68E−02 5.35E−02 6100 Amplification Acute Myeloid Leukemia PML + RARA Fusion 1.26E−025.03E−02 15 169 Rectal Adenocarcinoma:KRAS In-Peak Gene 4.55E−024.96E−02 10 27 Wildtype Amplification Gastric Adenocarcinoma Loss ofFunction 4.09E−03 4.50E−02 4 131 Mutation Endometrial EndometrioidIn-Peak Gene 1.36E−02 4.43E−02 6 446 Adenocarcinoma Deletion LungAdenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene 3.15E−03 4.09E−02 8 320 Deletion Head andNeck Squamous Cell In-Peak Gene 1.45E−03 3.82E−02 6 316 CarcinomaAmplification Lung Adenocarcinoma:Triple In-Peak Gene 8.80E−04 3.78E−026 174 Negative Amplification Endometrial Endometrioid In-Peak Gene1.09E−02 3.77E−02 4 446 Adenocarcinoma Deletion Cutaneous Melanoma Lossof Function 3.74E−03 3.74E−02 16 148 Mutation Acute Myeloid LeukemiaCBFB + MYH11 Fusion 1.83E−02 3.67E−02 11 169 Head and Neck Squamous CellIn-Peak Gene 6.01E−04 2.86E−02 5 316 Carcinoma Amplification LungAdenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene 1.28E−03 2.76E−02 7 320 Amplification Headand Neck Squamous Cell In-Peak Gene 3.00E−03 2.31E−02 80 316 CarcinomaAmplification Gastric Adenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene 1.89E−04 2.14E−02 4172 Amplification Invasive Breast Carcinoma In-Peak Gene 2.27E−031.82E−02 11 863 Deletion Head and Neck Squamous Cell In-Peak Gene1.89E−03 1.55E−02 6 316 Carcinoma Amplification Colon AdenocarcinomaIn-Peak Gene 2.27E−04 1.48E−02 4 412 Deletion Gastric Loss of Function5.32E−04 1.22E−02 4 32 Adenocarcinoma:Hyper- Mutation MutatorGlioblastoma Loss of Function 1.23E−03 1.11E−02 6 276 Mutation Head andNeck Squamous Cell Gain of Function 2.61E−03 1.04E−02 13 304 CarcinomaMutation Endometrial Endometrioid In-Peak Gene 9.20E−04 1.03E−02 7 446Adenocarcinoma Amplification Endometrial Endometrioid In-Peak Gene2.47E−03 9.17E−03 7 446 Adenocarcinoma Deletion Hepatocellular CarcinomaIn-Peak Gene 2.57E−03 8.89E−03 4 65 Amplification Clear Cell Renal CellCarcinoma In-Peak Gene 3.16E−04 8.23E−03 8 493 Deletion GlioblastomaGain of Function 2.72E−03 8.15E−03 14 276 Mutation LungAdenocarcinoma:KRAS In-Peak Gene 2.56E−03 5.98E−03 4 78 Mutation (No ALKFusion and Amplification No EGFR Mutation) Endometrial EndometrioidIn-Peak Gene 4.40E−04 5.55E−03 6 446 Adenocarcinoma Amplification ColonAdenocarcinoma:KRAS Gain of Function 4.97E−03 4.97E−03 17 53 MutationMutation Head and Neck Squamous Cell Loss of Function 1.79E−04 3.95E−03161 304 Carcinoma Mutation Head and Neck Squamous Cell In-Peak Gene6.41E−05 3.81E−03 4 316 Carcinoma Amplification Gastric AdenocarcinomaLoss of Function 2.14E−04 3.53E−03 5 131 Mutation Lower Grade GliomaLoss of Function 3.00E−04 2.70E−03 5 166 Mutation LungAdenocarcinoma:Triple Gain of Function 5.06E−04 2.53E−03 11 175 NegativeMutation Lung Adenocarcinoma Loss of Function 5.24E−05 9.96E−04 4 283Mutation Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma In-Peak Gene 8.34E−05 9.31E−04 5125 Amplification Endometrial Endometrioid In-Peak Gene 1.12E−048.32E−04 9 446 Adenocarcinoma Deletion Lower Grade Glioma In-Peak Gene5.69E−04 6.74E−04 5 206 Amplification Ovarian Serous In-Peak Gene1.05E−06 6.28E−04 7 557 Cystadenocarcinoma Deletion EndometrialEndometrioid In-Peak Gene 8.93E−06 3.01E−04 25 446 AdenocarcinomaAmplification Acute Myeloid Leukemia Loss of Function 2.35E−05 9.42E−0512 184 Mutation Colon Adenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene 3.93E−06 6.24E−05 7412 Amplification Gastric Adenocarcinoma Loss of Function 8.74E−072.88E−05 4 131 Mutation Lower Grade Glioma Gain of Function 9.38E−082.81E−07 130 166 Mutation Lower Grade Glioma In-Peak Gene 1.31E−083.48E−08 14 206 Amplification Lower Grade Glioma In-Peak Gene 1.48E−101.18E−09 5 206 Amplification Lower Grade Glioma Gain of Function1.09E−10 6.56E−10 6 166 Mutation Lung Adenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene1.30E−12 4.66E−11 4 320 Amplification Lower Grade Glioma In-Peak Gene4.57E−12 6.85E−12 21 206 Deletion Endometrial Endometrioid In-Peak Gene2.00E−15 1.01E−13 4 446 Adenocarcinoma Amplification Astrocytoma Loss ofFunction 3.88E−03 34 59 Mutation Astrocytoma Loss of Function 8.15E−0322 59 Mutation Breast Carcinoma In-Peak Gene 8.14E−03 4 36 DeletionColorectal Adenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene 5.71E−02 12 407 AmplificationColorectal Adenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene 9.18E−02 17 407 AmplificationColorectal Mucinous Gain of Function 8.10E−03 8 32 AdenocarcinomaMutation Cutaneous Melanoma In-Peak Gene 2.60E−06 6 231 AmplificationCutaneous Melanoma In-Peak Gene 1.54E−04 7 231 Amplification CutaneousMelanoma In-Peak Gene 7.21E−03 8 231 Amplification Cutaneous MelanomaIn-Peak Gene 7.59E−03 6 231 Amplification Cutaneous Melanoma In-PeakGene 1.82E−02 4 231 Amplification Cutaneous Melanoma In-Peak Gene9.36E−02 6 231 Amplification Ductal Breast Carcinoma In-Peak Gene2.77E−03 4 665 Amplification Ductal Breast Carcinoma In-Peak Gene2.28E−02 7 665 Amplification Ductal Breast Carcinoma In-Peak Gene2.64E−02 8 665 Amplification Ductal Breast Carcinoma:ER In-Peak Gene7.92E−06 6 263 Positive and HER2 Negative Amplification Ductal BreastCarcinoma:ER In-Peak Gene 4.02E−02 7 263 Positive and HER2 NegativeAmplification Ductal Breast Carcinoma:ER In-Peak Gene 4.35E−02 4 263Positive and HER2 Negative Deletion Ductal Breast Carcinoma:ER In-PeakGene 7.48E−02 4 84 Positive and HER2 Positive Deletion Ductal BreastCarcinoma:HER2 In-Peak Gene 4.47E−02 4 116 Positive Deletion DuctalBreast Carcinoma:HER2 In-Peak Gene 5.17E−02 4 116 Positive DeletionDuctal Breast Carcinoma:Triple In-Peak Gene 2.58E−02 5 75 NegativeAmplification Ductal Breast Carcinoma:Triple In-Peak Gene 7.21E−02 8 75Negative Amplification Endometrial Endometrioid Loss of Function5.55E−02 19 113 Adenocarcinoma:Microsatellite Mutation StableEndometrial Serous In-Peak Gene 6.37E−04 4 52 AdenocarcinomaAmplification Gastric In-Peak Gene 9.05E−02 8 106 Adenocarcinoma:Hyper-Deletion Mutator Glioblastoma In-Peak Gene 2.58E−02 300 565 DeletionGlioblastoma In-Peak Gene 8.80E−02 189 565 Amplification LungAdenocarcinoma Fusion 5.79E−02 7 343 Lung Adenocarcinoma:Triple Loss ofFunction 1.31E−03 4 99 Negative Mutation Oligoastrocytoma Loss ofFunction 1.97E−02 38 53 Mutation Oligodendroglioma Loss of Function5.90E−02 6 89 Mutation Oligodendroglioma Loss of Function 6.62E−02 15 89Mutation Ovarian Serous In-Peak Gene 1.15E−02 17 562 AdenocarcinomaAmplification Ovarian Serous In-Peak Gene 6.59E−02 17 562 AdenocarcinomaAmplification Ovarian Serous In-Peak Gene 7.86E−02 7 562 AdenocarcinomaDeletion Ovarian Serous In-Peak Gene 8.43E−02 53 562 AdenocarcinomaAmplification Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma In-Peak Gene 7.93E−02 63 320Amplification Druggable KM Subset Cytoband Genes (Entrez ID) genesEvidence Hepatocellular Carcinoma 1q21.2 ADAMTSL4 (54507), MCL1 PoorMCL1 (4170) prognosis Hepatocellular Carcinoma 13q14.2 LPAR6 (10161) NPoor prognosis Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma 4q31.3 FBXW7 (55294) N Poorprognosis Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma 9q34.3 NOTCH1 (4851) NOTCH1 Poorprognosis Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma 1p35.3 ARID1A (8289) N Poorprognosis Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma 9p21 CDKN2B (1030) No Poorprognosis Invasive Breast Carcinoma:ER 17q11.2 TIAF1 (9220), MYO18A NPoor Positive (399687), CRYBA1 prognosis (1411) Ovarian Serous19q13.1-q13.2 PSG2 (5670), PSG5 CEACAM1 Poor Cystadenocarcinoma (5673),CEACAM1 (Preclinical) prognosis (634), CEACAM8 (1088), CXCL17 (284340),RABAC1 (10567), ATP1A3 (478) Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma 3p21 BAP1(8314) No Poor prognosis Ovarian Serous 19q12 C19orf2 (8725) N PoorCystadenocarcinoma prognosis Lung Adenocarcinoma 1q12 CHD1L (1105) NPoor prognosis Lung Adenocarcinoma 1q21.1 FMO5 (2330), PRKAB2 N Poor(5565) prognosis Lung Adenocarcinoma 12p12.1 KRAS (3845), CASC1 KRASPoor (55259), LYRM5 (Preclinical) prognosis (144363), LRMP (4033)Invasive Breast 8p12 BRF2 (55290), ERLIN2 N Poor Carcinoma:TripleNegative (11160), GPR124 prognosis (25960), PROSC (11212), RAB11FIP1(80223), ZNF703 (80139) Head and Neck Squamous Cell 5q35 THOC3 (84321)No Poor Carcinoma prognosis Rectal Adenocarcinoma 16p13.3 A2BP1 (54715)N Poor prognosis Lung Adenocarcinoma 3q25.1 AADAC (13) N Poor prognosisHepatocellular Carcinoma 8p21.2 GNRH1 (2796) GNRH1 Poor prognosisOvarian Serous 20q11 ID1 (3397), BCL2L1 ID1 Poor Cystadenocarcinoma(598), COX4I2 (84701) (Preclinical), prognosis BCL2L1 RectalAdenocarcinoma:KRAS 5q21-q22 APC (324) N Poor Wildtype prognosisPapillary Renal Cell Carcinoma 17q21.1 CCL3L3 (414062), N Poor CCL3L1(6349) prognosis Acute Myeloid Leukemia 17q and 15q RARA (5914), PML YGood (5371) prognosis Rectal Adenocarcinoma:KRAS 20q ACOT8 (10005), ADAADA, CD40 Poor Wildtype (100), C20orf111 (958), prognosis (51526),C20orf123 MMP9, PI3 (128506), C20orf165 (128497), CD40 (958), CDH22(64405), CTSA (5476), DBNDD2 (55861), DNTTIP1 (116092), ELMO2 (63916),FITM2 (128486), GDAP1L1 (78997), GTSF1L (149699), HNF4A (3172), IFT52(51098), JPH2 (57158), KCNK15 (60598), KCNS1 (3787), L3MBTL (26013),MATN4 (8785), MMP9 (4318), MYBL2 (4605), NCOA5 (57727), NEURL2 (140825),PABPC1L (80336), PCIF1 (63935), PI3 (5266), PIGT (51604), PKIG (11142),PLAGL2 (5326), PLTP(5360), POFUT1 (23509), R3HDML (140902), RBPJL(11317), RIMS4 (140730), SDC4 (6385), SEMG1(6406) SEMG2 (6407), SERINC3(10955), SFRS6 (6431), SGK2 (10110), SLC12A5 (57468), SLC13A3 (64849),SLC35C2 (51006), SLPI (6590), SNAI1 (6615), SNX21 (90203), SPINLW1(57119), SPINT3 (10816), SPINT4 (391253), STK4 (6789), SYS1 (90196),TM9SF4 (9777), TNNC2 (7125), TOMM34 (10953), TOX2 (84969), TP53RK(112858), TP53TG5 (27296), TTPAL (79183), UBE2C (11065), WFDC10A(140832), WFDC10B (280664), WFDC11 (259239), WFDC12 (128488), WFDC13(164237), WFDC2 (10406), WFDC3 (140686), WFDC5 (149708), WFDC6 (140870),WFDC8 (90199), WFDC9 (259240), WISP2 (8839), YWHAB (7529), ZNF334(55713), ZNF335 (63925), ZSWIM1 (90204), ZSWIM3 (140831) GastricAdenocarcinoma 6p21 HLA-B (3106) Yes Poor prognosis EndometrialEndometrioid 16Q24 SLC7A5 (8140), CTU2 SLC7A5 Poor Adenocarcinoma(66965), FAM38A (preclinical) prognosis (9780), CDT1 (81620), APRT(353), GALNS (2588) Lung Adenocarcinoma 19q13.4 KIR2DS4 (3809) N Poorprognosis Head and Neck Squamous Cell 20p12 C20orf94 (128710), JAG1 PoorCarcinoma JAG1 (182), MKKS (Preclinical) prognosis (8195), SNAP25 (6616)Lung Adenocarcinoma:Triple 7q31 MET (4233), CAPZA2 MET Poor Negative(830) prognosis Endometrial Endometrioid 3Q26 APOD (347) No PoorAdenocarcinoma prognosis Cutaneous Melanoma 17q11 NF1 (4763) No Poorprognosis Acute Myeloid Leukemia 16Q22 and CBFB (865), MYH11 N Good16P13.11 (4629) prognosis Head and Neck Squamous Cell 7p12 ABCA13(154664), No Poor Carcinoma C7orf57 (136288), prognosis C7orf65(401335), C7orf69 (80099), C7orf72 (100130988), DDC (1644), FIGNL1(63979), GRB10 (2887), HUS1 (3364), IKZF1 (10320), PKD1L1 (168507), SUN3(256979), TNS3 (64759), UPP1 (7378), VWC2 (375567), ZPBP(11055) LungAdenocarcinoma 7q31 MET (4233), CAPZA2 MET Poor (830) prognosis Head andNeck Squamous Cell 11q13 FADD (8772), PPFIA1 No Poor Carcinoma (8500),ANO1 (55107), prognosis CTTN (2017) Gastric Adenocarcinoma 18q11 GATA6(2627) No Poor prognosis Invasive Breast Carcinoma 10q23.31, q23.2 ATAD1(84896), N Poor KILLIN (100144748) prognosis Head and Neck Squamous Cell2q32 GLS (2744), MYO1B No Poor Carcinoma (4430), prognosis NAB1(4664),STAT1 (6772), STAT4 (6775), TMEM194B (100131211) Colon Adenocarcinoma3Q26 APOD (347) No Poor prognosis Gastric 2q31 HOXD8 (3234) No PoorAdenocarcinoma:Hyper- prognosis Mutator Glioblastoma Xq25 STAG2 (10735)No Poor prognosis Head and Neck Squamous Cell 2q31 NFE2L2 (4780) NO PoorCarcinoma prognosis Endometrial Endometrioid 1q21 SSR2 (6746), ARHGEF2No Poor Adenocarcinoma (9181), UBQLN4 prognosis (56893) EndometrialEndometrioid 16p13 LOC339047 (339047) No Poor Adenocarcinoma prognosisHepatocellular Carcinoma 1q21.3 DCST1 (149095), ADAM15, Poor ADAM15(8751), MUC1 prognosis EFNA4 (1945), EFNA3 (1944), EFNA1 (1942), RAG1AP1(55974), DPM3 (54344), KRTCAP2 (200185), TRIM46 (80128), MUC1(4582),THBS3 (7059), MTX1 (4580), GBA (2629) Clear Cell Renal CellCarcinoma 9p21 CDKN2A (1029) Yes Poor prognosis Glioblastoma 2q33 IDH1(3417) preclinical Good prognosis Lung Adenocarcinoma:KRAS 12p12.1 LYRM5(144363), KRAS Poor Mutation (No ALK Fusion and KRAS (3845), CASC1(Preclinical) prognosis No EGFR Mutation) (55259) EndometrialEndometrioid 1q22 ROBLD3 (28956), No Poor Adenocarcinoma RAB25 (57111),prognosis MEX3A (92312) Colon Adenocarcinoma:KRAS 3q26 PIK3CA (5290) YesPoor Mutation prognosis Head and Neck Squamous Cell 17p13 TP53 (7157)TP53 Poor Carcinoma prognosis Head and Neck Squamous Cell 22q11 CRKL(1399), PI4KA No Poor Carcinoma (5297), SERPIND1 prognosis (3053),SNAP29 (9342) Gastric Adenocarcinoma 17q22 RNF43 (54894) No Poorprognosis Lower Grade Glioma 17q11.2 NF1 (4763) N Poor prognosis LungAdenocarcinoma:Triple 3q26.3 PIK3CA (5290) Y Poor Negative prognosisLung Adenocarcinoma 5q21-q22 APC (324) N Poor prognosis BladderUrothelial Carcinoma 5p15.33 PLEKHG4B (153478), AHRR, Poor LRRC14B(389257), TERT prognosis CCDC12 (151903), SDHA (6389), PDCD6 (10016),AHRR (57491), C5orf55 (116349), EXOC3 (11336), SLC9A3 (6550), CEP72(55722), TPPP (11076), BRD9 (65980), TRIP13 (9319), NKD2 (85409),SLC12A7 (10723), SLC6A19 (340024), SLC6A18 (348932), TERT (7015),CLPTM1L (81037), SLC6A3 (6531), LPCAT1 (79888), MRPL36 (64979), NDUFS6(4726) Endometrial Endometrioid 10q23 PTEN (5728), Yes PoorAdenocarcinoma ANKRD22 (118932), prognosis STAMBPL1 (57559), ACTA2 (59),FAS (355), ATAD1 (84896), KILLIN (100144748), RNLS (55328) Lower GradeGlioma 1q32.1 C1orf157 (284573), MDM4 Poor ETNK2 (Preclinical) prognosis(55224), GOLT1A (127845), KISS1 (3814), LAX1 (54900), LRRN2 (10446),MDM4 (4194), PIK3C2B (5287), PLEKHA6 (22874), PPP1R15B (84919), REN(5972), SNRPE (6635), SOX13 (9580), ZC3H11A (9877) Ovarian Serous 9q22FAM75C1 (441452) N Poor Cystadenocarcinoma prognosis EndometrialEndometrioid 8q24 MYC (4609), TAF2 No Poor Adenocarcinoma (6873), DSCC1(79075), prognosis DEPDC6 (64798) Acute Myeloid Leukemia 17P TP53 (7157)Y Poor prognosis Colon Adenocarcinoma 12p13 CCND2 (894), TULP3 No Poor(7289), TEAD4 (7004), prognosis TSPAN9 (10867), PRMT (563418), EFCAB4B(84766), PARP11 (57097), C12orf5 (57103), FGF23 (8074), FGF6 (2251),FKBP4 (2288), ITFG2 (55846), NRIP2 (83714), FOXM1 (2305) GastricAdenocarcinoma 2q31 HOXD8 (3234) No Poor prognosis Lower Grade Glioma2q33.3 IDH1 (3417) IDH1 Good (Preclinical) prognosis Lower Grade Glioma7p11.2 EGFR (1956), SEC61G EGFR poor (23480) prognosis Lower GradeGlioma 12q14.1 CDK4 (1019), CYP27B1 CDK4 Poor (1594), MARCH9 prognosis(92979), TSPAN31 (6302), AGAP2 (116986), AVIL (10677), CTDSP2 (10106),FAM119B (25895), METTL1 4234), OS9 (10956), TSFM (10102) Lower GradeGlioma 7p12 EGFR (1956) EGFR Poor prognosis Lung Adenocarcinoma 12p11LOC100133893 N Poor (100133893), MRPS3 prognosis (604885), REP15(387849) Lower Grade Glioma 9p21 CDKN2A (1029), CDKN2A Poor CDKN2B(1030), MTAP (1029) prognosis (4507) Endometrial Endometrioid 17q21CCL3L3 (414062), No Poor Adenocarcinoma CCL3L1 (6349) prognosisAstrocytoma 17p13.1 TP53 (7157) TP53 favorable outcome AstrocytomaXq21.1 ATRX (546) no favorable outcome Breast Carcinoma 8p23.2 CSMD1(64478) no poor outcome Colorectal Adenocarcinoma 8q24.3 PARP10 (84875),PTK2 poor MAPK15 (225689), outcome PTK2 (5747), KHDRBS3 (10656)Colorectal Adenocarcinoma 13q34 FAM70B (348013) no poor outcomeColorectal Mucinous 3q26.3 PIK3CA (5290) PIK3CA poor Adenocarcinomaoutcome Cutaneous Melanoma 8q22.3 ODF1 (4956) no poor outcome CutaneousMelanoma 8q24.3 PARP10 (84875), PTK2 poor MAPK15 (225689), outcome PTK2(5747), KHDRBS3 (10656) Cutaneous Melanoma 8q21 HEY1 (23462) no pooroutcome Cutaneous Melanoma 11q13.3 FADD (8772), CCND1 CCND1 poor (595),ORAOV1 outcome (220064), FGF19 (9965) Cutaneous Melanoma 1q44 OR2T27(403239) no poor outcome Cutaneous Melanoma 1q21.3 LCE1E (353135) nopoor outcome Ductal Breast Carcinoma 3q29 OSTalpha (200931) no pooroutcome Ductal Breast Carcinoma 6q23.3 AHI1 (54806) no poor outcomeDuctal Breast Carcinoma 3q26.3 PIK3CA (5290), SOX2 PIK3CA poor (6657),ATP11B (23200) outcome Ductal Breast Carcinoma:ER 1q21.3 ADAMTSL4(54507), MCL1 poor Positive and HER2 Negative MCL1 (4170), ENSA outcome(2029) Ductal Breast Carcinoma:ER 1q32 MDM4 (4194) MDM4 (pre- poorPositive and HER2 Negative clinical) outcome Ductal Breast Carcinoma:ER8p11.2 FKSG2 (59347) no poor Positive and HER2 Negative outcome DuctalBreast Carcinoma:ER 9q22 FAM75C1 (441452) no poor Positive and HER2Positive outcome Ductal Breast Carcinoma:HER2 15q13.1 CHRFAM7A (89832)no poor Positive outcome Ductal Breast Carcinoma:HER2 9p21 CDKN2B (1030)CDKN2B poor Positive (pre- outcome clinical) Ductal BreastCarcinoma:Triple 1q23.3 APOA2 (336), SDHC no poor Negative (6391),FCGR2B (2213) outcome Ductal Breast Carcinoma:Triple 1q21 ACP6 (51205),ECM1 MCL1 poor Negative (1893), ADAMTSL4 outcome (54507), MCL1 (4170),ENSA (2029) Endometrial Endometrioid 5q13.1 PIK3R1 (5295) no poorAdenocarcinoma:Microsatellite outcome Stable Endometrial Serous 19p13.2DNMT1 (1786) DNMT1 poor Adenocarcinoma outcome Gastric 9p21 CDKN2A(1029), CDKN2A, poor Adenocarcinoma:Hyper- CDKN2B (1030) CDKN2B outcomeMutator (pre- clinical) Glioblastoma 9p21 CDKN2A (1029), CDKN2A, poorCDKN2B (1030) CDKN2B outcome (pre- clinical) Glioblastoma 7p11.2 SEC61G(23480) no poor outcome Lung Adenocarcinoma 17q23.1 RPS6KB1 (6198), VMP1RPS6KB1 poor (81671) outcome Lung Adenocarcinoma:Triple 7q36.1 MLL3(58508) no poor Negative outcome Oligoastrocytoma 17p13.1 TP53 (7157)TP53 favorable outcome Oligodendroglioma 9q34.3 NOTCH1 (4851) NOTCH1poor outcome Oligodendroglioma 1p31.1 FUBP1 (8880) no poor outcomeOvarian Serous 19q13.1 FCGBP (8857), PAK4 PAK4 (pre- poor Adenocarcinoma(10298) clinical) outcome Ovarian Serous 20q11.2-13.2 ZNF217 (7764),MYLK2 no poor Adenocarcinoma (85366), KIF3B (9371) outcome OvarianSerous 17p13.1 ATP1B2 (482) no poor Adenocarcinoma outcome OvarianSerous 19q12 CCNE1 (898) CCNE1 poor Adenocarcinoma outcome Squamous CellLung Carcinoma 3q26.2 MECOM (2122) no favorable outcome

Example 5 Additional Fusion Methods

Clinical Data Sources. All RNASeq data for gene fusion analysis wasobtained from the Cancer Genomics Hub (CGHub), the current repositoryfor TCGA genomic data—cghub.ucsc.edu.

Cell Line Data Sources. All CCLE RNASeq data for gene fusion analysiswas obtained from the Cancer Genomics Huh (CGHub), the currentrepository for CCLE NGS data—cghub.ucsc.edc.

BAM to FASTQ conversion. The input to the fusion callers consists ofRNASeq reads in FASTQ format, which required conversion of the BAM fileprovided by TCGA to one or two FASTQ files for single or paired end data(respectively).

BAM files varied in provenance and processing, and many required specialhandling. For example, older BAM files provided by UNC were alignedusing BWA (Burrows-Wheeler Aligner), while newer BAMs contained readsaligned by MapSplice. TCGA recently updated the RNASeq pipeline tosupport alternative gene expression reporting. (The former pipelinerelied on the RPKM measurements for gene expression, while the latteruses RSEM.) These different RNASeq analysis pipelines are referred to byUNC as V1 and V2 respectivelywiki.nci.nih.gov/display/TCGA/RNASeq+Version+2). We used the followingBAM prioritization pipeline to select a single “primary BAM” when bothformats are available for the same TCGA sample: 1) V2 BAMs were chosenover V1 BAMS and 2) BAMs with newer upload dates were selected whenmultiple files for the same case were present.

The custom SamToFastq converter described above was used to generateFASTQ files from a TCGA BAM file.

There were 2 cancer types (COADREAD and UCEC) only available assingle-end RNASeq data. For single-end BAM tile conversion, the programBam Tools (github.com/pezmaster31/bamtools) was used to generate FASTQfiles.

With the goal of supporting both single and paired-end data, weprocessed all single-end data using TopHat and all paired-end data usingdeFuse.

Broadly, our analysis pipeline consists of 5 main steps:

Pre-process the raw data to obtain FASTQ files

Run fusion callers

Filter breakpoints to gene regions of interest

Annotate the breakpoints with the Oncomine transcript set

Summarize and prioritize potentially interesting novel fusions

Steps 1 and 2 were executed in parallel for all samples on ahigh-performance cloud computing cluster. The filtering and annotationwas conducted on the aggregated data as a post-processing step, toenable exploratory analyses of effects of various filters and annotationschemes. After finalizing filtering criteria to minimize false positivefusions (Step 5), the list of Oncomine Prioritized Fusions is validatedwith RNASeq Exon Expression data.

TopHat. TopHat-Fusion was obtained from the authors tophat.cbcb.umd.edu.Software and reference data dependencies were configured as specified bythe TopHat documentation:

Software:

TopHat: 2.0.4, includes TopHat-Fusion Post (release Apr. 9, 2012)

-   -   bowtie: 0.12.8 (release May 6, 2012)    -   samtools: 0.1.18 (release Sep. 2, 2012)    -   blast (2.2.26) (release Mar. 3, 2012)    -   blast+(2.2.26) (release Oct. 21, 2012)

Reference and Annotation:

Reference Genome: UCSC hq19 (downloaded May 2012)

Gene Models: refGene, ensGene (downloaded May 2012)

BLAST DB: nt, human, other (downloaded May 2012)

Parameters:

We ran TopHat with largely default parameters on single and paired-endTOGA IIlumina data as specified in the TopHat documentation. Thefollowing is a list of parameters used.

TABLE 25 TopHat Parameter Value Used --fusion-search Flag--keep-fasta-order Flag --no-coverage-search Flag --mate-inner-dist 0--mate-std-dev 80 --min-anchor-length 8 --splice-mismatches 0--min-intron-length 70 --max-intron-length 500,000--max-insertion-length 3 --max-deletion-length 3 --num-threads 4--max-multihits 20 --transcriptome-mismatches 2 --genome-read-mismatches2 --read-mismatches 2 --segment-mismatches 2 --segment-length 25--fusion-min-dist 100,000 --fusion-anchor-length 13--fusion-read-mismatches 2 --fusion-multireads 2 --fusion-multipairs 2--fusion-ignore-chromosomes chrM

The —mate-inner-dist and —mate-std-dev parameters have no defaultvalues. The first parameter specifies an expected insert size for theRNASeq paired-end reads, while the second parameters specifies theexpected standard deviation of that value. The values of 0 and 80 arerecommended by TopHat authors for most data sets.

TABLE 26 TopHat-Fusion Post Parameter Value Used Explanation of Values--num-fusion-reads 3 Recommended value --num-fusion-pairs 0 Set to 0 tonot penalize --num-fusion-both 0 low-evidence, but potentially importantfusions

TopHat-Fusion was executed on one sample at a time, immediately followedby TopHat-Fusion Post. We retained both, unfiltered TopHat-Fusion outputand filtered TopHat-Fusion Post output, to enable deeper analyses.

deFuse. deFuse was obtained from the authors: defuse.sf.net. Softwareand reference data dependencies were configured as specified by thedeFuse documentation:

Software:

deFuse: 0.5.0 (released Apr. 7, 2012)

bowtie: 0.12.8 (release May 6, 2012)

R 2.15.0 (release Mar. 30, 2012)

blat, faToTwoBit (obtained on May 1, 2012)

Reference and Annotation:

Reference Genome: Ensembl GRCh37.62 fa (downloaded May 2012)

Gene Models: Ensembl gtf (downloaded May 2012)

Genomic Data:

UCSC EST fasta, EST alignments, and repeats (downloaded May 2012)

NCBI UniGene (downloaded May 2012)

Parameters:

We ran deFuse with default parameters, as specified in the deFuseprogram documentation.

TABLE 27 deFuse Parameter Value Used -bowtie_quals phred33-quals-max_insert_size 500 -discord_read_trim 50 -clustering_precision 0.95-span_count_threshold 5 -split_count_threshold 3-percent_identity_threshold 0.90 -max_dist_pos 600 -num_dist_genes 500-split_min_anchor 4 -max_concordant_ratio 0.1 -splice_bias 10-denovo_assembly No -probability_threshold 0.5-covariance_sampling_density 0.01 -reads_per_job 1,000,000-regions_per_job 20 -p 4

deFuse was executed on one sample at a time. We kept both the filteredand unfiltered results of deFuse output to enable deeper analysis.

Integration. We integrated the “Level I” data—the output fromTopHat-Fusion Post's potential_fusion.txt file and the output fromdeFuse's results.classify.tsv file. deFuse reports many more potentialcalls at this level than TopHat, and thus may also report morefalse-positive predictions. The Level I data was chosen to strike abalance between utilizing the caller's built-in filtering and allowingthrough enough results to identify potentially real fusions withsomewhat weaker evidence.

As each caller provided a different level of annotation and supportingevidence for the fusion calls, the breakpoints of the predicted fusionsfrom both callers were extracted and integrated into a common format forfiltering and annotation. The integration steps consisted of convertingthe reported breakpoints to ones-based genomic coordinate system, andconsolidation into a common file format.

Breakpoint Filtering. The predicted fusions from the “Level I” output ofthe callers were filtered to only retain those calls where eachbreakpoint was either in the 5′UTR or CDS region of a RefSeq transcript(refGene circa Jul. 18, 2012, obtained from UCSC). This was done toenrich the predicted fusions for those containing functional generegions, filtering out, for example, fusions calls where the 3′UTR ofone gene is predicted to be fused to a 3′UTR of another gene. Althoughat the genomic DNA level breakpoints may occur in introns, in RNASeqdata such breakpoints would be observed at the nearest exon-intronboundary. Therefore, breakpoints predicted to occur in intronicsequences were also excluded.

Breakpoint Annotation. After excluding fusions outside of the 5′UTR orCDS region of a RefSeq transcript, the annotation from the RefSeqtranscripts was transferred to the remaining breakpoints with somepredictions annotated against multiple Entrez IDs.

For each pair of breakpoints, only one transcript per Entrez ID wasretained. In case of multiple transcripts, the transcript with theshortest transcript accession was chosen; further ties were broken bysorting the accessions alphanumerically and retaining the firstaccession. This scheme ensured consistency in annotating breakpoints atthe same location. However, predicted breakpoints at different locationsfor the same gene partners may still result in multiple transcriptsrepresenting a pair of genes—possible evidence of alternativetranscripts.

Basic annotation coming from the callers themselves was discarded, as itwas based on the default annotation source of each respective caller.However, certain output fields from both TopHat and deFuse were retainedto help prioritize the predicted fusions. Additionally, certainannotation properties that weren't explicitly reported by the callerswere inferred from other caller properties.

Inferred Properties. Supporting and Spanning read counts were obtainedfrom each caller and summarized in two columns—Reads Span and Reads SpanSupport. The latter column is a sum of reads spanning the fusion andthose supporting the fusion (not to be confused with TopHat's count of“spanning mate pairs where one end spans a fusion,” which is sometimesreferred to as ‘spanning and supporting reads’).

The breakpoint sequence reported by the callers was trimmed to include50 bases on each side of the fusion and consolidated into onecolumn—Breakpoint Sequence. The fusion breakpoint is delineated by a“|”. Note that this is the breakpoint sequence as inferred by thecaller, and is not simply obtained from the reference genome. Becausethe inferred sequence may reflect actual sequence observed by thespanning reads, this sequence may represent the complement of thereference genome sequence.

Since neither of the callers provides a definitive ‘5-prime’ or‘3-prime’ flag, we infer the relative 5′-3′ orientation of the fusionpartners by combining a caller parameter with the gene strandannotation. For deFuse, the orientation was inferred for each partnerbased on the following combination of the gene strand and the deFuseoutput property ‘genomic_strand:’

TABLE 28 Gene deFuse_genomic_strand Strand + − + 5′ 3′ − 3′ 5′

TopHat reports a different metric—the relative orientation of readsmapped to the gene partners, so a different rule set is required forinferring 5′-3′ order for a pair of genes:

TABLE 29 Gene A/B tophat_orientation Strand ff fr rr Rf +/+ 5′-3′ 3′-5′+/− 5′-3′ 3′-5′ −/− 3′-5′ 5′-3′ −/+ 3′-5′ 5′-3′

A Valid Orientation field was labeled as “Y” if there was an inferred 5′and 3′ partner for a given gene fusion call.

RepeatMasker Annotation. Each predicted breakpoint location was alsoannotated with RepeatMasker features in the neighborhood of thebreakpoint. This was done to identify breakpoints in highly repetitivegenomic regions, where alignment errors were likely to affect theprediction of the chimeric transcript.

Specifically, a 25 bp sequence upstream or downstream of the 5′ and the3′ partner breakpoint respectively was selected as a ‘breakpoint flank’.These flanks were intersected against the RepeatMasker elements set(www.repearmasker.org) downloaded from UCSC Table Browser on Aug. 24,2012. We reported the element name, element length, and amount ofoverlap with the 26 base breakpoint flank region for each breakpoint.Currently, the Repeat Masker elements are not filtered for specificelement types (LINES, SINES, simple repeats, etc.).

For each fusion prediction, we set a RepeatMasker Overlap field to equalthe number of bases the breakpoint flank sequences overlaps with aRepeatMasker element, and considered overlaps of 12 or more bases to besignificant. The frequency of significantly overlapping fusion calls isused in the Oncomine Prioritization described below such that genefusions with a lower frequency of overlap are considered higher quality.

Fusion Exon Expression Imbalance. Fusions were visualized using RNASeqexon expression data to provide secondary evidence of true positivefusion events by searching for exon expression imbalance before andafter the breakpoint call. Specifically, if the 3′ partner's expressionis impacted by the 5′ partner's promoter region, then exon expressionshould increase post-predicted breakpoint. This effect is especiallyvisible when viewing fused versus non-fused patient samples.

TCGA Exon Expression Data. TOGA exon expression data was downloaded fromthe Broad's GDAC Firehose site. The RPKM RNASeq values are listed foreach patient as Gene Annotation Format (GAF) features corresponding to acomposite of UCSC exons from several different gene definitionsincluding RefSeq. After downloading data for 21 diseases, we found that4 different sets of GAF features were used to annotate RPKM expression.Finally, availability of patient expression data varied per disease inV1 and V2 RNASeq analysis pipelines described above.

To address these challenges we first mapped UCSC RefSeq exons toavailable GAF features and calculated the percentage overlap betweeneach RefSeq exon and GAF feature. This step is critical since all CBIprocessed fusion breakpoints are mapped to UCSC Refgene definitionsdownloaded on Jul. 18, 2012 and these breakpoints must in turn be mappedto GAF features. 80.8% of the 396,298 RefSeq exons map perfectly to GAFfeatures in the plot shown below. We selected and reported on the RefSeqexon and GAF feature pair that resulted in the largest overlap.

A value called rg_pct provides a metric of the mapping quality of agiven RefSeq exon with a GAF feature based on the following formula:rg_pct=overlap/length_(refseq)*overlap/length_(GAF feature)

Mappings with an rg_pct value of 1 overlap perfectly, while values lessthan 1 indicate the RefSeq exon or GAF feature did not map to the exactsame genomic regions and the RPKM value may be suspect.

We selected RNASeq V2 data for all diseases except STAD due tonon-availability of V2 data.

Cell Line Exon Expression Data. Exon expression data for cell linesamples was generated from the CCLE BAM files obtained from CGHub. Themethod employed was similar to Step 18 as described in the “TCGAmRNA-seq Pipeline for UNC data” method available here:webshare.bioinf.unc.edu/public/mRNAseq_TCGA/UNC_mRNAseq_summary.pdf.

A difference between the UNC method and our method is the use of RefSeqExons BED in our method instead of a composite exons BED used by theTOGA.

Exon Expression Imbalance Calculation. Each sample was systematicallyanalyzed for evidence of potential 5′ promoter-induced imbalance in 3′partner expression. Expression levels for each gene were first convertedto a log scale, and then z-score normalized across each disease's samplecohort. This normalization was performed at the exon level to accountfor population-wide trends such as 3′ bias or poor RefSeq exon/GAFfeature match (see below).

Raw RPKM expression values (top) vs. z-score normalized values forPLXNB21 and COL7A1 in Ovarian Serous Carcinoma patients (See FIG. 8A-D). The population-wide dips in PLXNB1 expression at exons 12, 17 and23 are smoothed out in the normalized data. A sample predicted to harbora fusion between these genes is highlighted in red; wild-type patientsare shown in blue. The red diamond indicates the caller-predictedbreakpoint exon.

Prior to normalization, samples that were considered wild-type for thefusion under consideration but that were predicted to harbor otherfusions involving one of the gene partners were removed from thewild-type population, so as not to contaminate z-score calculations.

After normalization, each sample was assigned a p-value calculated viaone-sided Student's t-test on the hypothesis that the sample'spost-breakpoint normalized expression values (Population A) have ahigher mean than the pre-breakpoint values (H₀: μ_(A)≤μ_(B)). Thecaller-predicted breakpoint was used to separate the expressionpopulations for samples identified by either fusion caller.

P-values were also calculated for each wild-type sample to facilitateanalysis of p-values for fusion-positive samples in the context of theoverall population. This allows us to discard fusions involving genesthat exhibit population-wide exon imbalance trends that are notfusion-induced. Any sample whose p-value did not rank within the topfraction of wild-type sample p-values was discarded. The breakpoint thatmaximized the difference between pre- and post-breakpoint expressionlevels was used for wild-type sample p-value calculation.

Fusion Summarization. Fusions were summarized within a disease based onthe occurrence of unique gene pairs, and based on the occurrence ofindividual genes, possibly with multiple partners.

For a unique fusion pair (unique by Entrez ID pair), the number ofsamples within a disease with at least one prediction of that fusion byeither caller is the Fused Sample Count. Since multiple breakpoints forthe same pair of genes may be reported in one sample and across thesamples, the number of unique fusion pairs within each disease is muchless than the total number of fusion calls. In order to filter andprioritize fusions at the gene pair level rather than the fusion calllevel, several of the fusion caller properties were summarized. Thefollowing table shows the properties that were summarized for a givenfusion partner pair across the individual predictions:

TABLE 30 Property Summary Method DEFUSE_EVERSION % of total fusion calls= ‘Y’ DEFUSE_VALID_ORIENTATION % of total fusion calls = ‘Y’DEFUSE_NUM_MULTI_MAP % of total fusion calls > 0TOPHAT_VALID_ORIENTATION % of total fusion calls = ‘Y’3P/5P_REPEATMASKER_OVERLAP % of total fusion calls ≥ 12

The Adjacent flag is set for a fusion if the genes are <1 Mb apart onthe genome and the defuse_eversion flag is set in 75% of the individualfusion prediction for these fusion partners.

Gene-Level Summary. Fused sample counts were also summarized at the genelevel (unique by Entrez gene ID) within each disease type and acrossdiseases (pan-cancer). This summarization approach was irrespective ofinferred orientation within the fusion. In addition, fused sample countswere tallied for only the Oncomine Priority fusions (described below).

Individual unique fusion pairs were cross-referenced to the Mitelmandatabase of genomic aberrations (cgap.nci.nih.gov/Chromosomes/Mitelman).The match was done based on gene names and not disease type. Therefore,gene fusions reported in Mitelman in a certain disease may have occurredin a different disease type in the TCGA datasets.

Gene fusions summarized at the gene level were cross-referenced to theMitelman database based on gene name. Thus, there is more potential forthe gene as reported in Mitelman to be of different histology oraltogether different aberration type (for example a largechromosome-level deletion instead of a fusion) than the predicted uniquefusion pairs.

Normal Sample Fusion Blacklist. With the assumption that all fusionscalled in TOGA normal samples are false positives, we asked thefollowing questions: 1) Are fusion calls in tumor samples identified innormal samples? 2) Are Oncomine Prioritized Fusions identified in tumorsamples also identified in normal samples? Answering the first questionprovides a baseline sense of the technical false positive rate in tumorgene fusion calls. The second question is a sanity check on how well theOncomine Priority Fusion filter is overcoming this problem. 344paired-end normal samples across 10 diseases were downloaded andprocessed using the same deFuse pipeline described above. A total of56,579 total fusion calls consisting of 6,024 unique fusions wereobserved. These normal sample fusion calls were used to generate ablacklist and remove these false positives from Oncomine Priority genefusions.

Paralogous Fusion Partner Blacklist. A blacklist of fusions betweenparalogous gene family members was assembled using two strategies: 1)manually inspecting high frequency fusion partner gene names and 2)comparing the first 3 characters of all Priority Fusion partner genenames. In the latter strategy, fusion partners were verified to be“paralogous” using HomoloGene, Ensembl, SIMAP, and GeneDecks V3 beforeinclusion in the final blacklist. The table below shows the top 10 mostcommonly observed gene fusion calls between paralogous fusion partners.The entire table consists of more than 400 unique paralogous genefusions and is used to remove these false positives from our OncominePriority gene fusions.

TABLE 31 Ob- served GeneA GeneB in Symbol Symbol Normal TCGA CancerTypes HLA-B HLA-C YES BLCA, BRCA, CESC, COAD, GBM, HNSC, KICH, KIRC,KIRP, LAML, LGG, LIHC, LUAD, LUSC, OV, PAAD, PRAD, SKCM, STAD, THCA,UCEC HLA-A HLA-B YES BLCA, BRCA, CESC, GBM, HNSC, KICH, KIRC, KIRP,LAML, LGG, LIHC, LUAD, LUSC, OV, PAAD, PRAD, SKCM, STAD, THCA HLA-AHLA-C YES BLCA, BRCA, CESC, GBM, HNSC, KICH, KIRC, KIRP, LAML, LGG,LIHC, LUAD, LUSC, OV, PAAD, PRAD, SKCM, STAD, THCA TTLL12 TTLL12 YESBLCA, BRCA, CESC, GBM, HNSC, KICH, KIRC, KIRP, LAML, LGG, LIHC, LUAD,LUSC, OV, PAAD, PRAD, SKCM, STAD, THCA TRPV1 TRPV1 YES BLCA, BRCA, CESC,GBM, HNSC, KICH, KIRC, KIRP, LAML, LGG, LIHC,LUAD, LUSC, OV, PAAD, PRAD,SKCM, STAD, THCA B9D1 B9D1 YES BLCA, BRCA, CESC, GBM, HNSC, KICH, KIRC,KIRP, LGG, LIHC, LUAD, LUSC, OV, PAAD, PRAD, SKCM, THCA TGIF2- TGIF2-YES BLCA, BRCA, CESC, GBM, C20ORF24 C20ORF24 HNSC, KICH, KIRC, KIRP,LAML, LGG, LIHC, LUAD, LUSC, OV, PRAD, SKCM, STAD, THCA HLA-B HLA-E YESBLCA, BRCA, CESC, COAD, GBM, HNSC, KICH, KIRC, KIRP, LAML, LGG, LIHC,LUAD, LUSC, OV, PAAD, PRAD, READ, SKCM, STAD, THCA, UCEC SEC16A SEC16AYES BRCA, CESC, GBM, HNSC, KICH, KIRC, KIRP, LAML, LGG, LUAD, LUSC, OV,PRAD, SKCM, THCA LOC390940 LOC390940 YES BLCA, BRCA, CESC, GBM, HNSC,KICH, KIRC, KIRP, LGG, LUAD, LUSC, OV, SKCM, STAD, THCA

Fusion Prioritization—Oncomine Priority Scheme. The Oncomine Priorityscheme outlined below was designed by iterative exploration of the topresults in the Level I fusion predictions and systematic elimination ofsuspect false-positive fusions, while retaining previously discovered‘true-positive’ (Mitelman) fusions. This scheme was meant to highlightfusions that conformed to certain features expected of a ‘true-positive’fusion, and conversely, lack features observed in many ‘false-positive’fusions.

A fusion is an Oncomine Priority fusion if:

TABLE 32 Fusion Summary Property Value Explanation DEFUSE_VALID_ >0.75Most predictions in correct ORIENTATIONTOPHAT_ orientationVALID_ORIENTATION ADJACENT ‘N’ REPEATMASKER_ <0.25 Minority or none ofpredicted FREQUENCY breakpoints are in repetitive regions DEFUSE_NUM_ >0Most spanning reads map MULTI_MAP uniquely to fusion breakpointPARALOGOUS_ Not on Manually curated blacklist of PARTNERS Paralogouspredicted fusions Blacklist between paralogous genes OBSERVED_IN_ Not onList derived from processing 344 NORMAL Normal Normal samples usingdeFuse. Blacklist

Example 6 Oncomine NGS Mutation Methods

Mutation Integration. The goal of the data integration was to create themost complete set of NGS mutation data currently available. Weconsidered the following sources:

Primary Data Sources

COSMIC Cell Lines Project

TCGA Data from Broad GDAC Mutation_Packager (stddata build)

TCGA Data from DCC level 2

Compendia mutation calls based on TCGA Data

Publications containing NGS mutation data

COSMIC Cell Lines Project

The Cancer Genome Project has characterized the exomes of over 1000cancer cell lines for mutations. The database provides the mutationdata, filtered for quality, in a flat-file format. The cell line datawas subjected to the same Oncomine curation and annotation processesused for clinical mutation data. Cell line names were vetted against theOncomine ontology, and cancer types were standardized to be comparablewith clinical mutation data.

The dataset was obtained from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute CellLines Project website:cancer.sanger.ac.uk/cancergenome/projects/cell_lines as it appeared inNovember 2013.

Broad GDAC Mutation_Packager. Broad has been working since Q3 2011 ongathering and integrating mutation data from multiple sources.

docs.google.com/document/d/18X1Wv-a9xLBOflNikOa9rCXOyiravMM8—PVJxAQPPo/edit

The above document details the provenance of the MAF files the Broadintegrates into Mutation_Packager standard data runs. The Broad hasintegrated many MAF files that are maintained outside of the centralTCGA DCC system, often by members of the Analysis Working Groupsthemselves. We have performed extensive comparisons between all MAFfiles available to us. It is our belief that the Broad has the mostcomplete mutation data available.

For this release, we integrated data from the 2013_08_09 stddata build.

TCGA DCC Level 2. This is the controlled access mutation data availablefrom the DCC. TCGA has a page on their wiki that provides additionaldetails about the MAF files available:

wiki.nci.nih.gov/display/TCGA/TCGA+MAF+Files

For this release, we considered all MAF files available as of Sep. 15,2013.

NGS DNASeq Mutation Calls. PRAD mutation calls available from TCGA wereof low quality and resulted in false-positive ‘Gain of Function’predictions. Therefore, all calls for this disease were sourced fromCompendia's own mutation calling pipeline. The Compendia mutation callswere made to conform to the MAF file format for integration. Please seethe Appendix: Compendia NGS DNASeq Mutation Calling for more details.Included in this release are 170 Prostate Adenocarcinoma patients.

Hand-Curation of All NGS Data. TCGA and Non-TCGA NGS datasets weresourced by the Oncomine curation team directly from their primarysources—mainly peer-reviewed cancer publications and the abovepublically accessible databases. Mutation data, usually available in theSupplementary Materials, was brought to the standard required formutation re-annotation and classification as part of the overall NGSMutation processing pipeline. Cancer types were curated using theOncomine cancer type ontology, assigning the appropriate Oncomine CancerType based on the best-available clinical metadata present in thepublication. Since all the published experiments claimed whole-genome(‘NGS’) coverage, the null gene set for each dataset was assumed to beinclusive of all human RefSeq genes. The non-TCGA data was processed inthe same exact way as the TCGA MAF-file data for the rest of themutation analysis pipeline.

Remove Duplicate Mutations. We performed some simple clean-up operationsto remove duplicate mutation records present in the source data. We alsoperformed several file-column name re-mappings, as many of the sourcesdo not adhere to the MAF file standard. Duplicate mutations from varioustumor/normal aliquot pairs of the same patient sample were removed.

Mutation Annotation. Data obtained from the TCGA and non-TCGA sourcescontains mutation results from datasets processed and annotated bydifferent genome sequencing centers or authors over the course ofseveral years. This leads to the mutation calls annotated usingdifferent gene models and using different conventions for variantclassification. Since Compendia's approach to defining mutations relieson accurate variant annotation, we re-annotated the mutations against asingle set of transcripts and consistent variant classification rules. Astandard annotation pipeline ensured that mutations across disease typesare evaluated consistently and are subject to common interpretationduring the nomination of potential oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes.It also provided important annotation not consistently available fromthe primary sources, such as the HGVS-style mutation nomenclature (e.g.,V600E).

Mutations obtained from primary sources are processed by Compendiaaccording to the following general steps (details provided below).

We first re-annotated each mutation using Compendia's Oncominetranscript set. Successfully annotated mutations receivedCompendia-derived annotation, while the rest retain annotation obtainedfrom the primary source. Annotation includes:

Variant classification

Variant position

Variant change

Several filtering steps are implemented to remove redundant annotationin multiple transcripts, and mutations located outside of gene regionsof interest.

Excluding “Ultra-mutator” Samples. In certain diseases, such asEndometrial Carcinoma, several highly-mutated samples may dominate theoverall mutation counts. We also observed such “ultra-mutator” samplesin Lung Adenocarcinoma, Gastric cancer, Melanoma, and Colorectal cancer.Based on a cut-off determined by analyzing ulta-mutator outliers inseveral cancer types, we decided on <5,000 non-silent exon mutations asthe threshold for inclusion of a sample in our recurrence analysis. Wetherefore excluded a number of ultra-mutator samples in this datasetfrom our downstream analysis pipelines.

In the Mutation Annotation step, we attempted to re-annotate themutations obtained from the primary sources against a standardtranscript set compiled by Compendia. This transcript set includedRefGene transcripts from hg18 and hg19 genome builds, obtained from UCSCon Feb. 19, 2012.

Each mutation is individually mapped against a contig in the OncomineTranscript Set within the specified genome build. SNP mutations weremapped directly to their start location, while for small insertion (INS)and deletion (DEL) mutations a position of interest is selected formapping. For insertions, the position of interest is the base at whichthe insertion occurred. Depending on the direction of the transcript,this can either be the start or the end coordinate of the mutation,depending on whether the gene is on the positive or negative strandrespectively. For deletions, the position of interest is the deletedbase if the transcript is on the positive strand or the last basedeleted if the transcript is on the negative strand. This adjustmentensures that the mutation position is defined as the first base affectedby the insertion/deletion with respect to the direction of thetranscript translation, i.e. 5′→3′.

For a mutation successfully mapped to a transcript, the Compendiamutation annotation was inferred with respect to that transcript. Formutations that failed to map, the annotation from the primary datasource was retained, and a variant position for Hotspot calculations wasconstructed based on the genomic coordinate (more details below). Sinceonly the standard set of 23 chromosomes was included in our transcriptset, mutations located on mitochondrial or other non-standard contigswere not mapped.

Below is a description of the criteria used in annotating the mutationsthat map to the Oncomine Transcript Set.

Variant Classification. For each mutation successfully mapped to atranscript, the variant classification was inferred using a combinationof mutation and annotation properties. Our approach identified six mainmutation variant classifications, all located within transcript. Variantclassifications for mutations outside a gene region (e.g. intergenic)are currently not considered (see filtering section below). Thefollowing are the criteria used for inferring the variantclassification:

TABLE 33 Variant Transcript Classification Criteria Region Splice_SiteMutation is within 2 bp exon or intron of a splice site 3′UTR, 5′UTRMutation is in UTR region and UTR exon not within 2 bp of splice siteIntron Mutation is in an intron and is intron between 3 to 10 bp from asplice site Missense, Nonsense, Mutation is a SNP coding exon Nonstop,Silent Frame_Shift_Ins/Del Mutation is an INS/DEL not coding exondivisible by 3 In_Frame_Ins/Del Mutation is an INS/DEL coding exondivisible by 3 Non_Coding_Exon Mutation is in a non-coding non-codingtranscript exon

This list of variant classifications is a subset of the allowed variantclassification specified by the TOGA for the MAF file format.

wiki.nci.nih.gov/display/TCGA/Mutation+Annotation+Format+%28MAF%29+Specification

This subset covers the mutation classes of interest for recurrenceanalysis and identification of potential Gain or Loss of Function genes,and is thus sufficient for the vast majority of the mutations that aremapped to the Oncomine Transcript Set. The following table describes thelikely variant classification that would be assigned versus an originalauthor classification (assuming mutation maps to the same transcript asthat used in defining classification), and the relative abundance ofthat type of mutation in the source dataset:

TABLE 34 Potential Oncomine Mutation Classification (H)otspot, ExampleTCGA Variant Equivalent Compendia (D)eleterious or ClassificationVariant Classification (O)ther Missense_Mutation Missense_Mutation H, ONonsense_Mutation Nonsense_Mutation D Nonstop_Mutation Nonstop_MutationH, O Silent Silent O Frame_Shift_Del Frame_Shift_Del D Frame_Shift_InsFrame_Shift_Ins D Translation_Start_Site Missense_Mutation OIn_Frame_Del In_Frame_Del H, O In_Frame_Ins In_Frame_Ins H, O 3′UTR3′UTR O 5′UTR 5′UTR O Non_coding_exon (or Non_coding_exon H, O “RNA”)Splice_Site Splice_Site O Intron Intron — 5′Flank —not supported by —Oncomine transcript set— IGR —not supported by— — Oncomine transcriptset— Other (classification — present in mutation list but not supportedby TCGA)

Variant Position. One of the primary goals of the current analysis is toidentify genes with Hotspot mutations, which are mutations of a certainclassification that are observed at the same location in multiple tumorsamples. To effectively identify recurrence and define a hotspot foreach mutation, we must construct a mutation spot identifier thatencompasses the mutation position, the identity of the amino acid orbase affected, and the variant classification. We aggregated mutationsthat occur at the same location irrespective of the specific base changethey generate. Therefore, we only used the reference base or amino acidto define the variant position. This ensures that mutations affectingthe same codon or genomic position will be counted towards a possiblehotspot, even if the alternate alleles they generate are different. Forexample, for a given gene, missense mutations V600E, V600F and V600Gwould all have a variant position of V600 and would thus be aggregatedtogether when identifying hotspot mutations. Our variant position isthus defined as follows:Variant Position=mutation spot{base|codon}+reference{base|AA}+[variantclassification]

If the mutation is in a coding region, then the codon number and therespective amino acid at the base of interest is used to identify themutation spot—p.L116_in_frame_del—for example. If the mutation is in anon-coding region, such as the UTR, then the position and identity ofthe reference nucleotide at the base of interest is used to identify themutation spot—c.*110 C—for example.

For Splice_Site mutations outside of the coding region, the variantposition is specified relative to the splice boundary. The relativeposition is identified using a +{1|2} or a −{1|2} (splice site mutationsare those within 2 bases of a splice junction). As with insertions anddeletions, a suffix of “_Splice_Site” is added for a Splice_Sitemutation. For INS and DEL mutations, a suffix indicating an in frame(“_in_frame_ins” or “_in_frame_del”) or frame shift (“_frame_shift_ins”or “_frame_shift_del”) is added to the variant position.

In summary, the following are examples of the different possible variantposition formats:

TABLE 35 Near Variant Splice In Coding Type Site? Region? VariantPosition SNP YES YES p.A42_Splice_Site NO c.42 + 1_Splice_Site SNP NOYES p.A42 (Missense, Nonstop, Silent) p.Stop42 (Nonsense) NO c.*42T(3′UTR) c.-42C (5′UTR) c.42 (Non_coding_exon) INS YES YESp.A42_Splice_Site NO c.42 + 1_Splice_Site NO YESp.A42_{in_frame_ins|frame_shift_ins} NOc.*42G_{in_frame_ins|frame_shift_ins} (3′UTR)c.-42G_{in_frame_ins|frame_shift_ins} (5′UTR) c.42 (Non_coding_exon) DELYES YES p.A42_Splice_Site NO c.42 + 1_Splice_Site NO YESp.A42_{in_frame_del|frame_shift_del} NOc.*42T_{in_frame_del|frame_shift_del} (3′UTR) c.-42C_{in_frame_del|frame_shift_del} (5′UTR) c.42 (Non_coding_exon)

For mutations that do not map to the Oncomine Transcript Set, and hencedo not have a transcript-based location, the genomic location (startposition) and the reference nucleotide (reference allele) is used as thevariant position irrespective of the coding region or splice siteproximity. The variant classification supplied by the primary data isthen added as a suffix. For example, a SNP missense mutation would havea variant position such as “chr19_c.C22952756_Missesnse_Mutation”, and asplice site SNP would have a variant position“chr1_c.A155025094_Splice_Site”. The variant change (see below) forthese mutations is not defined.

Although the suffix of the variant position often implicitlyincorporated the variant classification, when calculating hotspots, boththe variant position and the variant classification are explicitly usedfor aggregating mutations. Therefore, mutations that may produceidentical variant positions but have different variant classifications(such as a missense and a nonsense SNP) were tallied separately.

Variant Change. The variant change provides HGVS-like information aboutthe alternate allele change of the mutation. For SNP mutations in thecoding region, the variant change is a full HGVS protein-level sequencevariant description, indicating the alternate amino acid. For SNPsoutside of the coding region, the alternate allele nucleotide base isprovided.

For INS and DEL variant types, the variant position (see above) was usedas the variant change. In these cases, the consequence of the change atthe amino acid level is not inferred. As such, variant change forINS/DEL does not strictly follow HGVS specification.

The following are illustrative examples of variant changes forCompendia-derived mutation annotation:

TABLE 36 Variant Mutation Classification Variant Position Variant ChangeSNP in Missense_Mutation p.E137 p.E137K CDS, E > K, residue 137 SNP inSplice_Site c.4913-1_splice_site c.4913-1 Intron C > 2, two bp fromsplice site INS in Frame_Shift_ins p.G264_frame_ p.G264_frame_ CDS atshift_ins shift_ins residue Gly 264 DEL of 3′UTR c.*1007A_frame_c.*1007A_frame_ one base shift_del shift_del in a UTR

For mutations that do not map to the Oncomine Transcript Set, thevariant classification from the primary data source was retained.

Transcript Filter. To avoid retrieving multiple transcripts, and hencemultiple annotations for a single mutation within a gene, we kept onlyone transcript per mutation per gene (unique Entrez ID). If a mutationmapped to several transcripts of a gene, only one was chosen. However,if a mutation mapped to several genes, then only one transcript per genewas selected. It is thus possible for a mutation to receive twodifferent annotations, but only if they stemmed from transcripts withdifferent Entrez IDs.

We chose the representative transcript for a mutation based on thefollowing priority scheme:

Transcript with the most impactful variant classification:

High impact in coding: Missense, Nonsense, Nonstop, Frame-shift

Low impact in coding: In-frame, silent

Outside of coding region: Splice Site, 3′ or 5′ UTR, Non-coding exon

Outside of exon: Intron

If there is a tie based on priority, the transcript with the shortest(by length) RefSeq transcript accession is chosen, followed by thealphanumerically smallest transcript accession in event of further ties.For example—of the transcripts NM_003319, NM_133378, and NM_00125685 forthe TTN gene, we would choose NM_003319 as the representativetranscript.

These steps allowed us to repeatedly choose a consistent transcript forthe same type of mutation at one location. One consequence of choosingthe most impactful transcript is that multiple transcripts may beutilized for mutations at multiple locations in a single gene. However,the benefit of this scheme is that any mutations of the same variantclassification at the same location are always assigned to the sametranscript, and hence will be in the same frame of reference whencomputing recurrence for hotspot identification.

Filter by Mutation Class and Type. All mutations were further filteredby variant type and class. To avoid including mutations of minorinterest to gene function analysis, we filtered out mutations that werenot resolved to a gene region, either because they fell significantlyfar outside of a transcript, or because they were in a location notassociated with a RefSeq gene. These mutations were evident either bytheir lack of gene identifier (Entrez ID=0 or blank), or membership inthe following variant classes: Intron, 5′Flank, IGR, and miRNA.

We also filtered out mutations with variant type DNP, TNP, ONP,Complex_substitution, and Indel, as their annotation was not supportedby our pipeline

Since certain data sources included extensive amounts of intronic andintergenic mutations, this filtering step significantly reduces the sizeof the dataset as many NGS datasets don't apply these filterspre-publication.

Classifying Mutations as Hotspot, Deleterious, or Other. The next stepin our analysis pipeline identified recurring mutations in multiplesamples based on their variant position, and categorized them intoHotspot, Deleterious or Other variant categories. For this step, and thesubsequent frequency calculations, mutations for each disease type wereprocessed independently. Only mutations of the same variantclassification were tallied together, so, for example, a missensemutation and a silent mutation at the same position are countedseparately.

To identify driver events, each mutation for a given Entrez Gene ID wascategorized as “Deleterious” or “Hotspot” depending on the followingcriteria:

A mutation was deemed ‘recurrent’ if it was observed in the same variantposition in 3 or more tumor samples.

A mutation belongs to the “Hotspot” variant category if it is:

Recurrent AND

Annotated with one of the following variant classifications:

-   -   In-frame insertion/deletion    -   Nonstop    -   Missense    -   Non_Coding_Exon

A mutation belongs to the “Deleterious” category if it is:

Non-recurrent AND

Annotated with one of the following variant classifications:

-   -   Frame shift insertion/deletion    -   Nonsense

A mutation is considered in the “Other” variant category if it did notfit the above criteria.

The Oncomine Mutation Classification and the Variant Classification canbe used to summarize the relative frequencies of various mutations atthe gene level.

Nominating “Gain of Function” and “Loss of Function” Genes. Individualgenes were classified into predicted functional classes, namely “Gain ofFunction”, “Recurrent Other”, and “Loss of Function”, to reflect theirrelative enrichment in potential activating or deleterious mutations.Details of the scheme used to make the classification are providedbelow.

Mutated Sample Frequency Calculation. Mutation frequencies for each genewere calculated with respect to a given variant classification andvariant category across all samples within a disease type. Overallmutation frequency for a gene within a disease was calculated bycombining mutations of all variant classifications.

Overall Mutation Frequency. Overall mutation frequency for a gene wasobtained by dividing the total number of samples with at least onemutation of any variant classification in that gene (Mutated SampleCount) by the total number of samples in the given cancer type (SampleCount).

Hotspot Frequency. Hotspot frequency for a gene was obtained by dividingthe total number of samples with at least one mutation belonging to the“Hotspot” Oncomine Mutation Classification by the Mutated SampleCount—the total number of samples with at least one mutation for thegiven gene. If a sample had both Hotspot Missense and a Hotspot In-FrameDeletion, for example, it would only be counted once.

Hotspot Missense Frequency. To obtain a Hotspot Missense Frequency for agene, the number of samples containing at least one Missense mutationwith an Oncomine Mutation Classification of “Hotspot” was divided by theMutated Sample Count—the number samples with at least one mutation ofany type in this gene. Samples with more than one mutation of such typewere only counted once.

Deleterious Frequency. To obtain the Deleterious frequency for a gene,the number of samples containing at least one mutation with an OncomineMutation Classification of “Deleterious” was divided by the MutatedSample Count—the number of samples with at least one mutation for thegiven gene. Samples with more than one mutation of that type were onlycounted once.

Other Frequency. To obtain the Other frequency for a gene, the totalnumber of samples with at least one mutation with an Oncomine MutationClassification “Other” was divided by the Mutated Sample Count—the totalnumber of samples with at least one mutation for the given gene. If asample contained both splice site and UTR mutations, for example, itwould only be counted once.

Hotspot, Other, and Deleterious Frequency Consideration. Hotspot, Other,and Deleterious frequencies should not be expected to add up to 100%,since a sample may have been counted in more than one of thesecategories.

Assessing Significance of Hotspot and Deleterious Mutations. The Hotspotand Deleterious p-values for each gene within a disease are calculatedby two independent methods.

Significance of Deleterious Mutation Enrichment. To assess whether agene was significantly enriched for deleterious mutations compared withother genes, given the background mutation rate, we performed Fisher'sexact test using the following contingency table:

TABLE 37 Deleterious Other Gene of A B Interest All Other C D Genes

where A, B, C, and D are counts of mutations across a disease. Nonsensemutations, frame shift insertions and frame shift deletions areclassified as deleterious mutations, while mutations of any other type(UTR, silent, missense, etc., but non-intergenic) count as others.

Q-values are calculated within each disease, by counting the number ofgenes with deleterious mutations (N), and calculating the rank of eachassociation. The q-value for a given p-value is then Q=p*N/rank.

Significance of Recurrent Hotspot Mutations. In order to calculategene-specific p-values, the significance of the most recurrent hotspoton that gene is assessed. Given the assumption that each sequenceposition was equally likely to mutate, each gene can be tested whetherthe most recurrent is significantly greater than that expected using amultinomial test. This is an exact test of the sampling algorithm thathas been implemented in previous versions. One of the advantages of thistest is that the p-value precision is increased to 1E-16, so no flooringoccurs. To obtain hotspot mutations, we filtered the mutations to removeany that did not affect the coding sequence (i.e. by removing silent,UTR, stop codon, and splice site mutations), and then removed mutationdata for genes that we could not annotate with RefSeq transcriptidentifier. We then counted the mutations observed for each transcriptin each disease. We calculated the amino acid sequence length bydividing the CDS length by three and subtracting 1.

The exact calculation of the p-value is framed as the following. Givenan amino acid sequence of length x, an observed number of hotspotmutations n, what is the likelihood of observing r or more mutations atthe most recurrent spot by chance For each gene, the p-value iscalculated by the following formula:

$\begin{matrix}{p = {\Pr\left( {y_{(X)} \geq r} \right)}} \\{= {1 - {\Pr\left( {{y_{1} < r},{y_{2} < r},\ldots\mspace{14mu},{y_{X} < r}} \right)}}} \\{= {1 - {\sum\limits_{0}^{r - 1}\;{\frac{n!}{{y_{1}!}{y_{2}!}\mspace{14mu}\ldots\mspace{14mu}{y_{X}!}}\left( {1/x} \right)^{n}}}}}\end{matrix}$

where y_((x)) is the mutation count at the most recurrent hotspot, andy₁, . . . , y_(X) stands for the mutation count at each spot 1, . . . ,x.

When n and x are large, the above formula can be very slow, anapproximation with Bonferroni-Mallows (BM) bounds were used:

$1 - {\frac{n!}{n^{n} - {\mathbb{e}}^{- n}}\left\{ {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{X}\;{P\left( {y_{i} \leq {r - 1}} \right)}} \right\}{P\left( {W = n} \right)}}$

where y_(i) is a Poisson random variable with mean n/x, and W=Σ_(i=1)^(X) Y_(i) where Y is a truncated Poisson. P(W=n) is estimated byEdgeworth Expansion. The lower and upper Bonferroni-Mallows bounds forthe p-value are:

${1 - {{Binomial}\left( {{r - 1},n,\frac{1}{x}} \right)}^{x}} \leq p \leq {x*{\left( {1 - {{Binomial}\left( {{r - 1},n,\frac{1}{x}} \right)}} \right).}}$

If the approximation falls outside of the BM bounds, either the lowerbound or upper bound was used. It rarely occurred in our data, and itmostly occurred for small p-values (p<1e-16) or large p-values (p˜=1).

Q-values are calculated using the Benjamini-Hochberg method, which isQ=p*N/rank, where N is the number of transcripts and rank is the rank ofeach p-value.

Silent Hotspot Mutations. Recurrent silent mutations—silenthotspots—seem to be an indication of sequencing errors, occurring inregions of low sequence quality and serving as a ‘canary in the coalmine’ for false-positive missense mutation peaks in the neighboringnucleotides. Based on reviewing genes with silent hotspots, and theevaluation of neighboring silent peaks, we believe that these genes aresubject to systematic sequencing errors, and hotspot mutations in thesegenes should not contribute to the gene classification.

Oncomine Gene Classification Rules. Once the mutations have beenclassified, individual genes are nominated to one of three classes—“Gainof Function,” “Loss of Function,” and “Recurrent Other.” Theclassification is based on the combination of relative frequencies andthe significance of the mutations observed in the gene. The significanceof the mutations per gene is assessed by a p-value.

Recurrent Silent Mutations. A “Gain of Function” gene will have arelatively high frequency of Hotspot Missense mutations and a lowfrequency of Deleterious mutations, while a “Loss of Function” genecontains a large fraction of Deleterious mutations. “Recurrent Other”genes tend to contain recurrent insertion/deletion mutations, some ofwhich—for example recurrent frame shift indels of 1 base—exhibit signsof potential false-positive calls that may arise from local alignmenterrors. In general, we are more confident about the functionalimportance of genes classified as Gain/Loss of Function.

Pan-Cancer Analysis. To summarize mutations across diseases we performedidentical calculations as we did for within-disease analyses, butwithout stratifying the mutation records by disease. All mutationrecords were aggregated, and frequencies, variant categories and geneclasses were calculated in this pan-cancer context. For the pan-cancersummary, genes (unique by Entrez ID) are summarized across all diseaseswith one row per disease. However, a summary of the genes within diseaseis also provided, but in a pan-cancer context. This means, for example,that samples with Hotspot mutations are totaled within a disease, butonly for the mutations considered Hotspots in a pan-cancer context.Cancer types with <20 samples were included in Pan-Cancer analysis, eventhough they were not eligible for within-disease analysis due to lowsample count.

Cell Line Annotations. Cell line mutation data was subjected to the sameOncomine curation and annotation processes described above except formutation and gene classification. Instead, mutations from cell lineswere annotated with Oncomine mutation classification and geneclassifications whenever a mutation in a cell line was also observed ina clinical sample. This annotation was performed only for mutationshaving a Hotspot or Deleterious or Other Oncomine mutationclassification. If a mutation was not observed in tumors, it wouldreceive “Unobserved in Tumor” mutation classification.

Mutations from a cell line and a tumor sample are considered equivalentif they belong to the same gene, and have the same variant position andvariant classification.

Cell lines names were vetted against internal Oncomine ontology, andcell line cancer types were standardized to be comparable with clinicalmutation data. Several cell lines whose identity or cancer type couldnot be independently verified through databases or publications wereremoved from our analysis. The mutation annotation from clinical datawas performed in a pan-cancer and within-disease contexts.

NGS DNASeq Mutation Calling

BAM File Selection. We queried TCGA's CGHub to identify patients havinga single tumor-normal BAM pair. We did so to remove the possibility ofmutation call differences due to different tumor-normal pairs.

Reference Genome Builds. We identified the reference genome builds usedto align the reads in the BAM files by parsing the SAM headers. Welocated, downloaded, and indexed all the reference genome builds whichare needed as inputs to the mutation caller packages.

Mutation Calling. We employed the following somatic mutation callingpackages for this analysis:

MuTect (1.0.27783), Broad Institute, Cancer Genome Analysis Group (CGA)(Cibulskis, 2013)

SomaticlndelDetector (1.6-13-g91f02df), Broad Institute, Genome AnalysisToolkit (GATK)

MuTect. MuTect performs initial preprocessing to remove “reads with toomany mismatches or very low quality scores” (MuTect documentation).Next, for a candidate mutation two log odds (LOD) scores are calculatedthat describe the likelihood of a mutation being present in the tumorsample (LOD_(T)) and not mutated in the normal sample (LOD_(N)):

${LOD}_{T} = {\log_{10}\left( \frac{P\left( {{{observed}\mspace{14mu}{data}\mspace{14mu}{in}\mspace{14mu}{tumor}}❘{{site}\mspace{14mu}{is}\mspace{14mu}{mutated}}} \right)}{P\left( {{{observed}\mspace{14mu}{data}\mspace{14mu}{in}\mspace{14mu}{tumor}}❘{{site}\mspace{14mu}{is}\mspace{14mu}{reference}}} \right)} \right)}$${LOD}_{N} = {\log_{10}\left( \frac{P\left( {{{observed}\mspace{14mu}{data}\mspace{14mu}{in}\mspace{14mu}{normal}}❘{{site}\mspace{14mu}{is}\mspace{14mu}{reference}}} \right)}{P\left( {{{observed}\mspace{14mu}{data}\mspace{14mu}{in}\mspace{14mu}{normal}}❘{{site}\mspace{14mu}{is}\mspace{14mu}{mutated}}} \right)} \right)}$

MuTect expects somatic mutations to occur at a rate of ˜1 in a Mb andrequires LOD_(T)>=6.3. MuTect requires that a mutation not be in dbSNPand have a LOD_(N)>=2.3 since non-dbSNPs are expected to occur at a rateof 100 per Mb. Both cutoffs are chosen to guarantee a false positiverate less than half of the expected somatic mutation rate. Finally,additional post-processing steps are performed, including testing thatthe alternate allele is observed in both read directions. MuTectrequires at least 14 tumor reads and 8 normal reads for a mutation to beconsidered.

SomaticIndelDetector (SID). For a given mutation site, SID considerscandidate indels using counts-based thresholding and an indel consensusvoting scheme. The indel with the largest number of supporting reads, orvotes, is chosen as the putative indel call. This call is reported ifthere is:

Enough coverage (default: normal >=4 reads, tumor >=6 reads),

A large fraction of reads at that site support the putative call(default: >=30%)

This fraction is sufficiently large compared to those supporting anysite of the indel (default: >=70%)

Indel calls in a tumor sample are annotated as “Germline” if there iseven weak evidence for the same indel in the normal sample; otherwise,they are labeled “Somatic.” Calls only observed in the normal samplesare ignored. SID takes BAM files as input and outputs VCF and BEDformatted putative calls.

Mutation Filtering. The callers output all candidate mutation calls,including germline mutations and other calls with low statisticalconfidence. We filtered the mutation caller output to only somaticmutations, mutations designated “KEEP” by MuTect and mutations occurringwithin the CDS of RefSeq Genes. The tables below detail the specificfilters applied to MuTect and SomaticIndelDetector output:

TABLE 38 MuTect Filter Description tumor_f > 0.1 At least 10% of thetumor reads must be variant t_alt_sum/t_alt_count > Average quality ofthe variant 28 base calls > 28 t_alt_count − Conservatively require atleast 3 reads map_Q0_reads − where variant not improper_pairs >= 3 in Q0or in improperly paired reads. t_alt_count > 10 * When MuTect allows onevariant n_alt_count normal read, require at least 10 variant tumorreads. dbsnp_site NE ‘DBSNP’ Ignore variants present in dbSNP v132SomaticIndelDetector Filter Description T_STRAND_COUNTS_C[12]/ At least10% of the tumor variant reads ( . . . _C1 + . . . _C2) > 0.1 must be oneach strand T_AV_MAPQ_C > 28 Average quality of the variant calls > 28

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MuTect: www.broadinstitute.org/cancer/cga/mutect

SID: gatkforums.broadinstitute.org/discussion/35/somatic-indel-detection

TABLE 16 Druggability status for Table 2 genes/fusions Pre- Tableregistration 16 (pre- Gene Approved approval) Phase III Phase II Phase Ipreclinical TOP1 belotecan N cositecan; gimatecan; irinotecan,camptothecin hydrochloride; irinotecan, camptothecin, liposomal,(Aphios); irinotecan HyACT; Calando; Yakult; HM- irinotecanhydrochloride; irinotecan, irinotecan 30181A; (BioAlliance); topotecanPharmaEngine; HCl + namitecan; cisplatin + etirinotecan floxuridine,camptothecin irinotecan pegol Celator; prodrug, (Celator); firtecanMersana; APH-0804; pegol; TLC- labetuzumab- irinotecan 388 SN-38; Genz-(Champions); hydrochloride; 644282; SER-203; SN- hRS7- simmitecan 38;topotecan + SN-38; hydrochloride vincristine irinotecan prodrug(LipoCure); bead, topotecan Biocompatibles (EnduRx Pharmaceuticals)SRD5A1 dutasteride N idronoxil N N N VIM N N N pritumumab N N IGFBP2 N NN N N OGX-225 SPP1 N N N N N N MDK N N N N N CAMI-103; CMS-101 MUC16 N Noregovomab N DMUC-5754A N RET sorafenib; vandetanib; apatinib motesanibN JNJ-26483327 MG-516; sunitinib malate; diphosphate; NMS-173;cabozantinib; SAR- RET kinase regorafenib 302503 inhibitor (Bionomic)MAP2K2 trametinib N ARRY- selumetinib; PD-0325901; N 438162 refametinib;ARRY-704; pimasertib; TAK-733; WX-554 GDC-0623; BI- 847325; AS- 703988MAPK1 N N N N N AEZS-129; AEZS-136; AEZS-134; SCH-722984; SCH-772984BRAF pazopanib; N N RAF-265; ARQ-761; AB-024; b-raf vemurafenib; XL-281;ARQ-736 inhibitors dabrafenib LGX-818 (Sareum); BRAF kinase inhibitor(Selexagen Therapeutics); BeiGene-283; DP-4978; TL- 241 MUC16 N Noregovomab N DMUC-5754A N MET cabozantinib; crizotinib N tivantinib;MGCD-265; AMG-208; X-379; rilotumumab; foretinib; TAS-115; metatinib;onartuzumab; ficlatuzumab; volitinib; SAR- PRS-110; BMS- 125844; S-ASP-08001; 777607; 49076 ARGX-111; golvatinib; DCC-2701; INCB- DCC-2721;028060; MG-516; AL- LY- 2846; CG- 2875358 206481; T- 1840383; cMet-EGFRdual inhibitors (CrystalGenomics); bispecific antibodies (Hoffmann-LaRoche) PTK2 N N N PF- GSK-2256098; CFAK-C4; 04554878 BI-853520; FAKinhibitor VS-4718 (Verastem); CTX-0294945; CTx-0294886; FAK inhibitors(Takeda) ACE* alacepril; benazepril; N perindopril + N amlodipine + Ndelapril + manidipine indapamide + enalapril (Chiesi); captopril;amlodipine maleate captopril + HCTZ; (Servier) (GlaxoSmithKline)captopril slow release (Sankyo); cilazapril; delapril; delapril +indapamide (Chiesi); diltiazem, Alza; enalapril maleate; enalaprilmaleate + HCTZ; enalapril + nitrendipine; enalapril (KRKA); enalaprilat;felodipine + enalapril; fosinopril; imidapril; lisinopril; lisinopril +HCTZ; moexipril; perindopril; quinapril hydrochloride; quinaprilat;ramipril; felodipine + ramipril; perindopril + indapamide, Serv;saralasin acetate; spirapril; temocapril; trandolapril; zofenopril;trandolapril + verapamil, Aven; lercanidipine + enalapril (Recordati);zofenopril + HCTZ; piretanide + ramipril; benazepril + HCTZ;amlodipine + benazepril; moexipril + HCTZ; amlodipine + perindopril,Servier; ASA + atorvastatin + ramipril + metoprolol ER (Zydus Cadila);ramipril + hydrochlorothiazide; (S)-amlodipine + ramipril (Emcure);quinapril/hydrochlorothiazide ADAM9 N N N N N N CDK6 N N palbociclibalvocidib; LEE-011 N LY- 2835219 IKBKB N N N N N EC-70124 RARAtamibarotene N N IRX-5183 N N LYN dasatinib N nintedanib bafetinibJNJ-26483327 Bcr-Abl/Lyn inhibitor (AB Science) NTRK3 N N N N N PLX-7486ERBB2 trastuzumab; trastuzumab, neratinib; lapuleucel- Her-VAXX; LovaxinB; trastuzumab emtansine; Enhanze XL-647; T; AVX- VM-206; TH-1 (Algeta);pertuzumab; lapatinib dacomitinib; 901; AE-37; ARRY-380; trastuzumab-ditosylate; nelipepimut- BMS- JNJ-26483327; antibody catumaxomab;afatinib S; 690514; S-222611; conjugates trastuzumab MVA-BN- doxorubicin(Synthon); (Celltrion, HER2; (Merrimack); CUDC-101; Biocad, varlitinib;cipatinib; Her-2/neu Biocon, MM-111; TrasGEX; Stradobody Synthon,AC-480; trastuzumab (Gliknik); Harvest ovarian (Hanwha ARX-788; Moon,cancer Chemical); Etbx-021; SN- Aryogen) vaccine trastuzumab 34003; IBI-(Generex); (Pfizer); IDN- 302; NT-004; margetuximab; 6439 ICT-140;poziotinib; ONS-1050; PR-610 Sym-013; anti- HER2 X anti- CD3 (EmergentBiosolutions); Z-650; breast cancer vaccine (Cel-Sci); JNJ- 28871063;trastuzumab (PlantForm, BioXpress, biOasis Technologies, Stada, Natco,Curaxys, Oncobiologics, Alteogen, Mabion) RHOA N N N N N N RB1 N N N NSGT-RB94 N THRA N N N N N N CBL N N N N N N ALK crizotinib N N AP-26113;X-396; ASP- NMS-E628; RG-7853; 3026 aurora kinase + LDK-378; ALKTSR-011; inhibitor NMS-E628 (Sareum, AstraZeneca); ALK inhibitors(AstraZeneca, Cephalon, Aurigene); ARN-5032; DLX-521

TABLE 17 Druggability status for Table 3 genes/fusions Pre- registration(pre- Gene approved approval) Phase III Phase II Phase I preclinicalESR1 estramustine N acolbifene TAS-108; icaritin; ARN- SR-16388;phosphate estetrol; 810 VAL-201; sodium; GTx-758; SERM + ethinylendoxifen; toxin estradiol afimoxifene (SEEK); sulfonate; estradiolfulvestrant; (BHR raloxifene Pharma); hydrochloride; NDC-1407;tamoxifen; anticancer toremifene MAb citrate; (Shenogen) trilostane;RPS6KB1 N N N N AZD-5363; p70S6 AT-13148; kinase LY-S6KAKT1 inhibitors(Sentinel)

TABLE 19 Gene Fusions 5′ gene 3′ gene Druggable Cancer Type symbolsymbol gene Prostate Adenocarcinoma ABCD3 DPYD DPYD Sarcoma ACTG2 ALKALK Lung Adenocarcinoma ADAMTS16 TERT TERT Brain Lower Grade Glioma ATRXBCL2 BCL2 Gastric Adenocarcinoma B4GALT1 RAF1 RAF1 GastricAdenocarcinoma BRD3 LCN2 BRD3 Gastric Adenocarcinoma CASZ1 MTOR MTORAcute Myeloid Leukemia CHD1 MTOR MTOR Uterine Corpus CPA6 PTK2 PTK2Endometrioid Carcinoma Breast invasive carcinoma DAB1 IL12RB2 IL12RB2Lung Adenocarcinoma DDI2 MTOR MTOR Sarcoma FRS2 MDM2 MDM2 Sarcoma GLIS3TERT TERT Lung Adenocarcinoma HIF1A PRKCH HIF1A Breast invasivecarcinoma HPRT1 CTPS2 HPRT1 Breast invasive carcinoma IL12RB2 DAB1IL12RB2 Breast invasive carcinoma IL6R C1orf112 IL6R Breast invasivecarcinoma KCMF1 PRKDC PRKDC Lung Adenocarcinoma KIF5B MET MET Breastinvasive carcinoma MAPK14 EFHA1 MAPK14 Sarcoma MDM2 SPATS2 MDM2 Thyroidcarcinoma MTMR12 TERT TERT Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma NOTCH2 EIF2B3NOTCH2 Sarcoma NTRK1 DYNC2H1 NTRK1 Kidney renal clear PDCD6 TERT TERTcell carcinoma Lung Adenocarcinoma PHKB PDE3A PDE3A UterineCarcinosarcoma RARA SLC9A3R1 RARA Liver hepatocellular carcinoma SLC12A7TERT TERT Sarcoma SMARCA4 EEF2 EEF2 Breast invasive carcinoma STARD13TNFRSF8 TNFRSF8 Lung Adenocarcinoma TICAM1 IL12RB1 IL12RB1 Sarcoma TRIOTERT TERT Prostate Adenocarcinoma TRPM8 UGT1A9 TRPM8 Sarcoma TSPAN3 MDM2MDM2 Breast invasive carcinoma TTLL7 TERT TERT Brain Lower Grade GliomaUSP46 PDGFRA PDGFRA Gastric Adenocarcinoma WNK2 BRD3 BRD3 Cervicalsquamous ZNF226 AKT2 AKT2 cell carcinoma and endocervical adenocarcinoma

TABLE 20 Breakpoints for Gene Fusions from Table 19 Table 20 TCGA Tumor5′ 5′ 3′ 3′ Fusion Cancer Sample Gene 5′ 5′ Break Gene 3′ 3′ BreakBreakpoint SEQ Name Type Barcode Symbol Accession Chromosome pointSymbol Accession Chromosome point Sequence ID NO PDCD6| Clear CellTCGA-BP- PDCD6 10016 chr5 272852 TERT 7015 chr5 1282548 TTCCTGTGGAACGTT200 TERT Renal Cell 4991-01A-01R- TTCCAGAGGGTCGA Carcinoma 1334-07TAAAGACAGGAGTG GAGTGAT|ATCAGA CAGCACTTGAAGAG GGTGCAGCTGCGGGAGCTGTCGGAAGCA GA TSPAN3| Sarcoma TCGA-DX- TSPAN3 10099 chr15 77344775MDM2 4193 chr12 69202269 ACCTCTATGCTGAGG 201 MDM2 A23R-01A-GGTGTGAGGCTCTA 11R-A26T-07 GTAGTGAAGAAGCT ACAAGAA|CAGGCA AATGTGCAATACCAACATGTCTGTACCTA CTGATGGTGCTGTAA SLC12A7| Hepatocellular TCGA-BC- SLC12A710723 chr5 1111983 TERT 7015 chr5 1282739 CGGAGGCTCCGGGC 202 TERTCarcinoma A3KG-01A- ACCCCCGAGGGCCC 11R-A213-07 CGAGCCCGAGCGCCCCAGCCCG|GGGGT TGGCTGTGTTCCGGC CGCAGAGCACCGTC TGCGTGAGGAGATC CT FRS2|Sarcoma TCGA-DX- FRS2 10818 chr12 69864310 MDM2 4193 chr12 69202988GTGGTTACAGCACC 203 MDM2 A3M1-01A- ATCAGTAGGTACAG 11R-A22K-07ACATGTTGGTATTGC ACATTTG|CCGTCCG CCCAGGTGCTGAGA GGGAGCAGGGCGCGGGTCGGCGGGCGC GA CHD1| Acute TCGA-AB- CHD1 1105 chr5 98199112 MTOR 2475chr1 11273623 GAATGTCTAAAAGA 204 MTOR Myeloid 2939-03A-01T-GTATACAAATCCTGA Leukemia 0740-13 ACAAATTAAGCAAT GGAGAAA|GAATTCTGGGTCATGAACAC CTCAATTCAGAGCAC GATCATTCTTCTCAT CHD1| Acute TCGA-AB- CHD11105 chr5 98204199 MTOR 2475 chr1 11273623 TTCCCATTTCTGAAG 205 MTORMyeloid 2939-03A-01T- AATCTGAAGAGCTG Leukemia 0740-13 GATCAGAAGACATTCAGCATT|GAATTCT GGGTCATGAACACC TCAATTCAGAGCAC GATCATTCTTCTCAT CHD1|Acute TCGA-AB- CHD1 1105 chr5 98199112 MTOR 2475 chr1 11273623AATGAGAAGAATGA 206 MTOR Myeloid 2939-03A-01T- TCGTGCTCTGAATTG Leukemia0740-13 AGGTGTTCATGACCC AGAATT|CTTTCTCC ATTGCTTAATTTGTT CAGGATTTGTATACTCTTTTAGACATT MAPK14| Invasive TCGA-AO- MAPK14 1432 chr6 36044379 EFHA1221154 chr13 22113824 GGGATGCATAATGG 207 EFHA1 Breast A129-01A-CCGAGCTGTTGACT Carcinoma 21R-A10J-07 GGAAGAACATTGTT TCCTGGTA|AAACTTCAGTCAAGAAGCTG ACAAAAAAGGACAT CGAGGATACACTGT CA TICAM1| Lung TCGA-05-TICAM1 148022 chr19 4831636 IL12RB1 3594 chr19 18180463 GTCCTGGCCCACAG208 IL12RB1 Adenocarcinoma 4426-01A-01R- GCTGCCATTCAATGC 1206-07AATACGTCATGCTCT GAGCCC|GGGCTGC CGGCTGCGCCACTG GGTCCTGGGGTCCTGGGGGCTGGGGCTTC TICAM1| Lung TCGA-05- TICAM1 148022 chr19 4831630IL12RB1 3594 chr19 18182962 CCACTGGTTCTGTGT 209 IL12RB1 Adenocarcinoma4426-01A-01R- GGGTGTCGGCAGGA 1206-07 ATGTGCCACGTCTG GTTCAGG|GATCCGGGGCTGCCGGCTGC GCCACTGGGTCCTG GGGTCCTGGGGGCT GG DAB1| Invasive TCGA-AN-DAB1 1600 chr1 57611102 IL12RB2 3595 chr1 67845789 CCCTTCACCTTTAAA 210IL12RB2 Breast A0AM-01A- CCTCTTTATCAAAGT Carcinoma 11R-A034-07GGCTTCACTGCGATC CTGAC|GGGAATTTT GTCTGCAAGGTGAG AGGCAGTGTTAAGGATGATGAGTCCAC IL12RB2| Invasive TCGA-AN- IL12RB2 3595 chr1 67845806 DAB11600 chr1 57611102 CTGCTGGTGAAAGT 211 DAB1 Breast ADAM-01A-TCCCACGGAAATGA Carcinoma 11R-A034-07 GAGGGAATTTTGTCT GCAAGGT|CAGGATCGCAGTGAAGCCAC TTTGATAAAGAGGTT TAAAGGTGAAGGGGT IL12RB2| InvasiveTCGA-AN- IL12RB2 3595 chr1 67845733 DAB1 1600 chr1 57611052TCTCCCAAAATTCAC 212 DAB1 Breast A0AM-01A- ATCCAATAAACAGCC Carcinoma11R-A034-07 TGCAGCCCCGAGTG ACATAT|GTCCGGTA CAAAGCCAAATTGA TCGGGATTGATGAAGTTTCCGCAGCTCG GLIS3| Sarcoma TCGA-DX- GLIS3 169792 chr9 4117768 TERT7015 chr5 1282739 CTGCTGATCCACATG 213 TERT A3LS-01A-11R- AGAGTCCACTCTGGA21T-07 GGAGAAGCCCAACA AGTGTAC|GGGGTT GGCTGTGTTCCGGC CGCAGAGCACCGTCTGCGTGAGGAGATC CT ADAMTS16| Lung TCGA-44- ADAMTS16 170690 chr5 5191903TERT 7015 chr5 1282739 GATACAGGTCTTGG 214 TERT Adenocarcinoma2662-01A-01R- ACTGGCCTTCACCAT 0946-07 TGCCCATGAGTCTG GACACAA|GGGTTGGCTGTGTTCCGGCC GCAGAGCACCGTCT GCGTGAGGAGATCC TG ABCD3| Prostate TCGA-CH-ABCD3 5825 chr1 94956803 DPYD 1806 chr1 97981497 CTTTAGCAACGCCAA 215DPYD Adenocarcinoma 5764-01A-21R- ATGGAGATGTTTTG 1580-07 ATCCGAGACCTTAATTTTGAA|TCACAATA TGGAGCTTCCGTTTC TGCCAAGCCTGAACT ACCCCTCTTTTA SMARCA4|Sarcoma TCGA-K1- SMARCA4 6597 chr19 11151982 EEF2 1938 chr19 3983208TCTGCCGGACCTCCT 216 EEF2 A3PO-01A- CTTCGATCTCCTCCA 11R-A21T-07GCGTGCCCTCCTCGA TGGCC|CAACCTCAT TGACTCCCCCGGGC ATGTCGACTTCTCCTCGGAGGTGACTG ZNF226| Cervical TCGA-IR-A3LH- ZNF226 7769 chr19 44669953AKT2 208 chr19 40748529 ATTCAGCCCTGACTT 217 AKT2 Squamous 01A-21R-CTCAAAAAGCACTG Cell A213-07 CACAGAGGAGGAG Carcinoma GCAGCAGA|ACCCCATGGACTACAAGTG TGGCTCCCCCAGTGA CTCCTCCACGACTGAG ZNF226| CervicalTCGA-IR-A3LH- ZNF226 7769 chr19 44669953 AKT2 208 chr19 40748529AATTCTCCCTGACTT 218 AKT2 Squamous 01A-21R- CTCAAAAAGCACTG Cell A213-07CACAGAGGAGGAG Carcinoma GCAGCAGA|ACCCC ATGGACTACAAGTG TGGCTCCCCCAGTGACTCCTCCACGACTGAG ACTG2| Sarcoma TCGA-IW- ACTG2 72 chr2 74128558 ALK 238chr2 29446380 GAGATGATGCCCCC 219 ALK A3M6-01A- CGGGCTGTCTTCCCC11R-A21T-07 TCCATTGTGGGCCGC CCTCGC|CACCAGGA GCTGCAAGCCATGCAGATGGAGCTGCAG AGCCCTGAGTACAA ACTG2| Sarcoma TCGA-IW- ACTG2 72 chr274128564 ALK 238 chr2 29449940 ATGCCCCCCGGGCT 220 ALK A3M6-01A-GTCTTCCCCTCCATT 11R-A21T-07 GTGGGCCGCCCTCG CCACCAG|TGATGG AAGGCCACGGGGAAGTGAATATTAAGCAT TATCTAAACTGCAGT ACTG2| Sarcoma TCGA-IW- ACTG2 72 chr274128564 ALK 238 chr2 29449940 TGATGCCCCCCGGG 221 ALK A3M5-01A-CTGTCTTCCCCTCCA 22R-A21T-07 TTGTGGGCCGCCCTC GCCACC|AGTGATGGAAGGCCACGGGGA AGTGAATATTAAGC ATTATCTAAACTGCA CASZ1| Gastric TCGA-BR-CASZ1 54897 chr1 10765549 MTOR 2475 chr1 11288975 ATGAAGTGACACCC 222MTOR Adenocarcinoma 8590-01A-11R- CCAGCTACATCCGA 2402-13 GGAGGTTCTAGGACCTGCTACG|AGCTGA CTATAGCACTAGTGA AATGCTGGTCAACAT GGGAAACTTGCCTC DDI2|Lung TCGA-MP- DDI2 84301 chr1 15944303 MTOR 2475 chr1 11227574ATTCTAACACTCCGG 223 MTOR Adenocarcinoma A4SW-01A- CCGCTGCCTCCGGCT21R-A24X-07 GCTGTAGCTTATTAT TAATG|CTGGCTCTC GGCTGCGGGGATGCCAGACTCGAGCTCG CACAGCGCGCGGA B4GALT| Gastric TCGA-HU- B4GALT1 2683 chr933166756 RAF1 5894 chr3 12641914 CTGGACAGGGCTGA 224 RAF1 AdenocarcinomaA4GH-01A- AGGTGAGGCTGATT 11R-A24K-31 CGCTGTGACTTCGAA TTGCATC|CAAGCAGCGGGGACTCCTCAG GGCAGGCGGGCAGC GACAGTGCGGTGGTG HIF1A| Lung TCGA-44- HIF1A3091 chr14 62207906 PRKCH 5583 chr14 61995793 AAAAATCTCATCCAA 225 PRKCHAdenocarcinoma 2668-01A-01R- GAAGCCCTAACGTG 0946-07 TTATCTGTCGCTTTGAGTCAA|AGAGATCT GAAACTGGACAATG TCCTGTTGGACCACG AGGGTCACTGTAA HIF1A| LungTCGA-44- HIF1A 3091 chr14 62207766 PRKCH 5583 chr14 61995805CGAAGTCTGCCAGTT 226 PRKCH Adenocarcinoma 2668-01A-01R- TACAGTGACCCTCGT0946-07 GGTCCAACAGGACA TTGTCC|AGTTTCTTT ATGTATGTGGGTAG GAGATGGAGATGCAATCAATATTTTAA HPRT1| Invasive TCGA-AR- HPRT1 3251 chrX 133627542 CTPS256474 chrX 16657355 GATGATCTCTCAACT 227 CTPS2 Breast A24W-01A-TTAACTGGAAAGTCT Carcinoma 11R-A169-07 AGGTTGTTGGCAGA AGATAT|GCCCGAGCACAACCCTGGCAAT TTGGGAGGAACAAT GAGACTGGGAATAA HPRT1| Invasive TCGA-AR-HPRT1 3251 chrX 133609340 CTPS2 56474 chrX 16685822 ATAAATTCTTTGCTG 228CTPS2 Breast A24W-01A- ACCTGCTGGATTACA Carcinoma 11R-A169-07TCAAAGCACTGAAT AGAAAT|AGTGATA GAGTTTGCAAGAAA CTGCCTTAACTTGAAAGATGCTGATTCCA HPRT1| Invasive TCGA-AR- HPRT1 3251 chrX 133609375 CTPS256474 chrX 16638444 GCACTGAATAGAAA 229 CTPS2 Breast A24W-01A-TAGTGATAGATCCAT Carcinoma 11R-A169-07 TCCTATGACTGTAGA TTTTAT|GGTGATGTTCCTTTTATAGAAGA AAGACACAGACATC GGTTCGAGGTAAA HPRT1| Invasive TCGA-AR-HPRT1 3251 chrX 133627542 CTPS2 56474 chrX 16657355 GATGATCTCTCAACT 230CTPS2 Breast A24W-01A- TTAACTGGAAAGAA Carcinoma 11R-A169-07TGTCTTGATTGTGGA AGATAT|GCCCGAG CACAACCCTGGCAAT TTGGGAGGAACAATGAGACTGGGAATAA HPRT1| Invasive TCGA-AR- HPRT1 3251 chrX 133609363 CTPS256474 chrX 16685820 GATTACATCAAAGC 231 CTPS2 Breast A24W-01A-ACTGAATAGAAATA Carcinoma 11R-A169-07 GTGATAGATCCATTC CTATGAC|TGATAGAGTTTGCAAGAAACT GCCTTAACTTGAAAG ATGCTGATTCCACA IL6R|C1orf112 InvasiveTCGA-E9- IL6R 3570 chr1 154420647 C1orf112 55732 chr1 169790820GGACAGAATCCAGG 232 Breast A1RF-01A- AGTCCTCCAGCTGA Carcinoma 11R-A157-07GAACGAGGTGTCCA CCCCCATG|CAGGAT AATGCTGACTACAG ATTATTTCAGAAAACACTCAAATTGTGTCG KIF5B| Lung TCGA-93- KIF5B 3799 chr10 32304500 MET 4233chr7 116411617 CCAACTCACCCAAGT 233 MET Adenocarcinoma A4JN-01A-11R-GCAATTCGTGGAGG A24X-07 AGGTGCATTTGTTCA GAACAG|AGGATTG ATTGCTGGTGTTGTCTCAATATCAACAGCA CTGTTATTACTAC KIF5B| Lung TCGA-93- KIF5B 3799 chr1032306145 MET 4233 chr7 116411932 GCACTGAAAGAAGC 234 MET AdenocarcinomaA4JN-01A-11R- TAAAGAAAATGCAT A24X-07 CTCGTGATCGCAAAC GCTATCA|GCAAGAGTACACACTCCTCAT TTGGATAGGCTTGTA AGTGCCCGAAGTGT BRD3| Gastric TCGA-HU-BRD3 8019 chr9 136917428 LCN2 3934 chr9 130912517 GTATGCAGGACTTC 235LCN2 Adenocarcinoma A4H2-01A- AACACCATGTTTACA 11R-A251-31AATTGTTACATTTAT AACAAG|TTCCAGG GGAAGTGGTATGTG GTAGGCCTGGCAGGGAATGCAATTCTCAG MDM2| Sarcoma TCGA-DX- MDM2 4193 chr12 69233549 SPATS265244 chr12 49883267 CATTGTCCATGGCAA 236 SPATS2 A1KZ-01A-AACAGGACATCTTAT 11R-A24X-07 GGCCTGCTTTACATG TGCAA|TAGTTCCTAATAAGAGCAACAAT GAAATTATCCTGGTT TTGCAGCACTTT NOTCH2| Bladder TCGA-FD-NOTCH2 4853 chr1 120589634 EIF2B3 8891 chr1 45392411 CATGCCTACTAGCCT 237EIF2B3 Urothelial A5BS-01A- CCCTAACCTTGCCAA Carcinoma 21R-A26T-07GGAGGCAAAGGATG CCAAGG|TGGAGCA GCGTGACTTCATTGG AGTGGACAGCACAGGAAAGAGGCTGCTC NTRK1| Sarcoma TCGA-DX- NTRK1 4914 chr1 156851401 DYNC2H179659 chr11 103306708 AACGCCACAGCATC 238 DYNC2H1 A3LY-01B-11R-AAGGATGTGCACGC A27Q-07 CCGGCTGCAAGCCC TGGCCCAG|AAGAT CCCTTACAATACCTGAGAGGTCTTGTTGCC CGTGCCCTTGCAATA PHKB| Lung TCGA-MN- PHKB 5257 chr1647723028 PDE3A 5139 chr12 20799464 ACTTCAGATCCGTGG 239 PDE3AAdenocarcinoma A4N5-01A- CGGAGACAAGCCAG 11R-A24X-07 CCTTGGACTTGTATCAGCTGT|TTGGTATC TTACTACACAGCCTA TTCCAGGCCTCTCAA CTGTGATTAATG USP46|Lower TCGA-CS- USP46 64854 chr4 53522650 PDGFRA 5156 chr4 55143576GTGGAAGCAACCAC 240 PDGFRA Grade 6665-01A-11R- TAATATAAACACCTC Glioma1896-07 CCATGTATAGGAAG GCTGGAG|CGTTTG GGAAGGTGGTTGAA GGAACAGCCTATGGATTAAGCCGGTCCCAA USP46| Lower TCGA-CS- USP46 64854 chr4 53494288 PDGFRA5156 chr4 55140771 GGTCAATTTTGGAA 241 PDGFRA Grade 6665-01A-11R-ACACATGCTACTGTA Glioma 1896-07 ACTCCGTGCTTCAGG CATTGT|CCTGGTTGTCATTTGGAAACAG AAACCGAGGTATGA AATTCGCTGGAGGG MTMR12| Thyroid TCGA-BJ-MTMR12 54545 chr5 32263219 TERT 7015 chr5 1282739 ACATGAAGTACAAA 242TERT Gland A4O9-01A- GCAGTGAGTGTCAA Carcinoma 11R-A250-07 CGAAGGCTATAAAGTCTGTGAG|AGGGG TTGGCTGTGTTCCGG CCGCAGAGCACCGT CTGCGTGAGGAGAT CC ATRX|Lower TCGA-DB- ATRX 546 chrX 77041468 BCL2 596 chr18 60795992AATCAAACAGAGGC 243 BCL2 Grade A4XF-01A- CGCATGCTGGGGCC Glioma11R-A27Q-07 GTACAGTTCCACAAA GGCATCC|TCATGGG CTCAGCGGTCATGTTTTCGCTTGAACGCCT TGTCGGCTTCTGT TRPM8| Prostate TCGA-CH- TRPM8 79054 chr2234894509 UGT1A9 54600 chr2 234675680 CATGTTATCCACCAA 244 UGT1A9Adenocarcinoma 5766-01A-11R- CATCCTGCTGGTCAA 1580-07 CCTGCTGGTCGCCATGTTTG|GGAATTTGA AGCCTACATTAATGC TTCTGGAGAACATG GAATTGTGGTTT KCMF1|Invasive TCGA-EW- KCMF1 56888 chr2 85262227 PRKDC 5591 chr8 48772278CACAGTCTTTTACTT 245 PRKDC Breast A1P4-01A- GTCCCTATTGTGGAA Carcinoma21R-A144-07 AAATGGGCTATACG GAGACA|GTACCCT GAGTGAGGAAATGA GTCAATTTGATTTCTCAACCGGAGTTCAG CPA6| Endometrial TCGA-A5- CPA6 57094 chr8 68536411 PTK25747 chr8 141774389 AAACAGAAGAGGAA 246 PTK2 Endometrioid A0G5-01A-GCATATGCACTGAA Adenocarcinoma 11R-A040-07 GAAAATATCCTATCA ACTTAAG|AAACAGATGATTATGCTGAG ATTATAGATGAAGA AGATACTTACACCATG RARA| CarcinosarcomaTCGA-N8- RARA 5914 chr17 38508759 SLC9A3R1 9368 chr17 72758151ACCATCGCCGACCA 247 SLC9A3R1 A4PQ-01A- GATCACCCTCCTCAA 11R-A28V-07GGCTGCCTGCCTGG ACATCCT|GCGCGAG CTTCGGCCTCGGCTC TGTACCATGAAGAAGGGCCCCAGTGGCT WNK2| Gastric TCGA-HU- WNK2 65268 chr9 95947892 BRD3 8019chr9 136910543 ACAAGGGGCTGGAC 248 BRD3 Adenocarcinoma A4H2-01A-ACGGAGACCTGGGT 11R-A251-31 GGAGGTGGCCTGGT GTGAGCTG|CAGAG GAAGATGGATGGCCGAGAGTACCCAGAC GCACAGGGCTTTGC TGC TRIO|TERT Sarcoma TCGA-DX- TRIO 7204chr5 14420130 TERT 7015 chr5 1282739 ATCGCCCACTCCAGA 249 A1L3-01A-11R-AGTAGCATGGAAAT A24X-07 GGAGGGCATCTTCA ACCACAA|AGGGGT TGGCTGTGTTCCGGCCGCAGAGCACCGTC TGCGTGAGGAGATCC TTLL7| Invasive TCGA-C8- TTLL7 79739 chr184446146 TERT 7015 chr5 1282739 CCGCTTGCAGCGGG 250 TERT Breast A131-01A-GACGCGAGGACCCG Carcinoma 11R-A115-07 GGCTGGGCTTTCCTC ACCCGGG|GGTTGGCTGTGTTCCGGCCGC AGAGCACCGTCTGC GTGAGGAGATCCTGG STARD13| InvasiveTCGA-BH- STARD13 90627 chr13 33859649 TNFRSF8 943 chr1 12164568CTCACAGACCGTGTT 251 TNFRSF8 Breast A0C7-01B- CTTCTGCGCCGTGCC Carcinoma11R-A115-07 TGGGAACTTGACAA TCATCC|GGCTCATC CTGTAAGGAGAGCGTCTTGTAGTCTGATC AAATCGCAAGTAC

TABLE 21 Druggability Status for Table 19 Genes/Fusions Table 21Pre-registration Gene approved (pre-approval) Phase III Phase II Phase IPreclinical AKT2 N N N N ARQ-092; BAY-1125976 RX-1792; NT-113; TAS-117ALK crizotinib N N AP-26113; RG- X-396; ASP-3026; NMS-E628; aurora7853;LDK-378; kinase + ALK inhibitor TSR-011; (Sareum, NMS-E628AstraZeneca); ALK inhibitors (AstraZeneca, Cephalon, Aurigene);ARN-5032; DLX-521 BCL2 N N N PBI-1402; PNT- N VAL-101; BP-100-2258;R-(−)- 1.02; sabutoclax gossypol; navitoclax; RG-7601 BRD3 N N N NY-803 N DPYD N N N eniluracil TAS-114 N EEF2 denileukin N moxetumomabcintredekin N Glioblast-13 diftitox pasudotox besudotox FGFR3 ponatinibasitinib lenvatinib dovitinib lactate; JNJ-42756493; BGJ- N ENMD-2076;AZD- 398; LY-2874455; S- 4547 49076 HIF1A camptothecin,2-methoxyestradiol; RX-0047; ATSP- Calando SPC-2968 9172; ATSP-9172; P-3971 HPRT1 Butocin N N N N N IL12RB1 N N N INXN-2001/1001; AS-1409; NIL-12 NHS-IL12 IL12RB2 N N N IL-12 NHS-IL-12; AS-1409 N IL6R tocilizumabN ARRY-438162 givinostat; ALX- L-6 inhibitors, 0061 Interprotein; IL-6antagonists, Protagonist Therapeutics; APX- 007 MAPK14 pirfenidone N Nralimetinib ARRY-614; N thioureidobutyronitrile MDM2 N N N N SAR-405838;RG-7388; p53-mdm2/mdm4 RO-5503781; CGM-097; dual inhibitors, DS-3032Adamed; PXN-527; ATSP-7041; MDM2 inhibitors, Amgen MET cabozantinib; Ntivantinib; MGCD-265; AMG-208; TAS-115; X-379; metatinib; crizotinibrilotumumab; foretinib; volitinib; SAR-125844; PRS-110; ASP-onartuzumab; ficlatuzumab; BMS- S-49076 08001; ARGX-111; 777607;golvatinib; DCC-2701; DCC- INCB-028060; 2721; MG-516; AL- LY-2875358;2846; CG-206481; T- apitolisib 1840383; cMet- EGFR dual inhibitors(CrystalGenomics); bispecific antibodies (Hoffmann-La Roche) MTOReverolimus; ridaforolimus N quinacrine; XL-765; P-7170; CBLC-137, INK-nPT-MTOR; SB2343; temsirolimus dactolisib; PKI-587; 128, AZD-2014;CC-115; STP-503; X-480; PF-04691502; CC- PWT-33957; DS-7423; ABTL-0812;X-414; 223 GDC-0084; DS-3078; CC214; HMPL-518; LY-3023414; PI3 PQR-309;PQR-401; kinase/mTOR inhibitor, mTOR inhibitor/PI3 Lilly kinaseinhibitor, Lilly- 1; PIM/PI3k/mTOR inhibitors, Inflection BiosciencesNOTCH2 N N N OMP-59R5 N N NTRK1 N N N milciclib maleate N tyrosinekinase inhibitors (Bristol- Myers Squibb); PLX- 7486 PDE3A amrinone; N Nparogrelil CR-3465 CLC-2001 anagrelide hydrochloride; hydrochloride;K-134;RPL-554; enoximone; cilostazol, Genovate cilostazol; loprinonehydrochloride; loprinone hydrochloride; loprinone hydrochloride PDGFRAimatinib nintedanib orantinib; ENMD-2076; N DCC-2618; CG- mesilate;motesanib; olaratumab; X-82; 206481 pazopanib; linifanib crenolanib;sunitinib, dasatinib; nilotinib; regorafenib PRKDC N N vosaroxin NSF-1126, Dbait; CC-115 N PTK2 N N N defactinib GSK-2256098; CEP-CFAK-C4; FAK 37440; BI-853520; VS- inhibitor, Verastem; 4718CTX-0294945; x- 0294886 RAF1 sorafenib N N iCo-007; XL-281 RO-5126766;MLN-2480 BIB-024; STP503; DP-4978; HM-95573; TAK-632 RARA tamibarotene NN IRX-5183 N N TERT N N GV-1001 VX-001; GX-301- TeloB-Vax telomerasevaccine, Geron; hTERT DNA vaccine, Inovio TNFRSF8 brentuximab N NAFM-13; XmAb- N N vedotin 2513 TRPM8 N N N N D-3263 N

TABLE 22 Cancer Types Newly Associated with Gene Fusions CancerOrientation Druggable Cancer type Type Gene A Gene B (5′/3′) geneprecedent Papillary FGFR3 TACC3 FGFR3/ FGFR3 Bladder cancer; renal cellTACC3 Squamous cell carcinoma lung cancer; Glioblastoma; Head & Necksquamous cell carcinoma; Cervical sqaumous cell carcinoma; Low gradeglioma Squamous SEC16A NOTCH1 SEC16A/ NOTCH1 Breast Cancer; cell LungNOTCH1 Thyroid Gland Carcinoma Carcinoma

TABLE 23 Breakpoints of Gene Fusions from Table 22 Table 23 CancerTCGA Tumor 5′ Gene 5′ 5′ 5′ 3′ Gene 3′ Breakpoint SEQ ID Fusion NameType Sample Barcode Symbol Accession Chromosome Breakpoint Symbol 3′Accession 3′ Chromosome Breakpoint Sequence NO FGFR3| Papillary TCGA-A4-FGFR3 2261 chr4 1808661 TACC3 10460 chr4 1741429 TCCTCACA 252 TACC3Renal 7287-01A- CCTGCTCC Cell 11R-2139-07 TCAGCTCC Carcinoma CGGTTCTCCTCCTGTG TCGCCTTT AC|GTCGG TGGACGTC ACGGTAAG GACACGGT CCAGGTCC TCCACCAGCTGCT FGFR3| Papillary TCGA-A4- FGFR3 2261 chr4 1808633 TACC3 10460 chr41741500 GCCGCGCC 253 TACC3 Renal 7287-01A- CTCCCAGA Cell 11R-2139-07GGCCCACC Carcinoma TTCAAGCA GCTGGTGG AGGACCTG GA|ACTGG GGAAGATC ATGGACAGGTTCGAAG AGGTTGTG TACCAGGC CATGG FGFR3| Papillary TCGA-A4- FGFR3 2261chr4 1808661 TACC3 10460 chr4 1741429 AGCAGCTG 254 TACC3 Renal 7287-01A-GTGGAGG Cell 11R-2139-07 ACCTGGAC Carcinoma CGTGTCCT TACCGTGA CGTCCACCGAC|GTAA AGGCGACA CAGGAGG AGAACCGG GAGCTGAG GAGCAGGT GTGAGGA FGFR3|Papillary TCGA-A4- FGFR3 2261 chr4 1808637 TACC3 10460 chr4 1742650CGCCCTCC 255 TACC3 Renal 7287-01A- CAGAGGCC Cell 11R-2139-07 CACCTTCACarcinoma AGCAGCTG GTGGAGG ACCTGGAC CGT|GTCC TTCTCCGA CCTCTTCA AGCGTTTTGAGAAACA GAAAGAG GTGATCG FGFR3| Papillary TCGA-A4- FGFR3 2261 chr41808561 TACC3 10460 chr4 1741689 GAGGGCC 256 TACC3 Renal 7287-01A-ACCGCATG Cell 11R-2139-07 GACAAGCC Carcinoma CGCCAACT GCACACAC GACCTGTACAT|GATC ATGGACAG GTTCGAAG AGGTTGTG TACCAGGC CATGGAGG AAGTTC SEC16A|Squamous TCGA-NC- SEC16A 9919 chr9 139352036 NOTCH1 4851 chr9 139418396GTACGCCC 257 NOTCH1 Cell A5HK-01A- AGTCCCTG Lung 11R-A26W- GGTGCCGACarcinoma 07 GACCTGCC CCCTGCCT AGTTTCCA GG|ACCCC AACCCGTG CCTCAGCACCCCCTGC AAGAACGC CGGGACAT GCCAC

TABLE 24 Druggability Status of Genes/Fusions of Table 22Pre-registration Gene approved (pre-approval) Phase III Phase II Phase Ipreclinical FGFR3 ponatinib masitinib lenvatinib dovitinib JNJ-42756493;N lactate; ENMD- BGJ-398; LY- 2076; AZD- 2874455; S- 4547 49076 NOTCH1 NN N N OMP-52M51 Debio-0826; TR-4; Notch antibody (AVEO); Notch1inhibitors (Interprotein); BMS871; NTR-4

TABLE 39 No. Total no. of Genes (Entrez Druggable KM Cancer Event type Qpositive patients Cytoband ID) genes evidence Endometrial EndometrioidFusion 2.18E−03 5 258 11p15.5, RPLP2 poor Adenocarcinoma 4p13 (6181),outcome ATP8A1 (609542) Cervical Squamous Cell Fusion 3.56E−03 5 5417q21.2 KRT15 poor Carcinoma (3866), outcome KRT19 (3880) ColorectalLoss of 9.69E−03 4 105 11q22-q23 ATM (472) poor Adenocarcinoma:KRASFunction outcome Mutation Mutation Ductal Breast Fusion 1.46E−02 7 26517p11.2, USP22 poor Carcinoma:ER Positive and 17p13 (23326), outcomeHER2 Negative MYH10 (160776) Endometrial Endometrioid In-Peak 3.40E−02 8171 3q26.2 MECOM poor Adenocarcinoma:Microsatellite Gene (2122) outcomeStable Amplification Endometrial Endometrioid Loss of 5.04E−02 4 18816p13.3 CREBBP poor Adenocarcinoma Function (1387) outcome MutationCutaneous Melanoma Gain of 6.69E−02 5 214 7q34 PRSS37 poor Function(136242) outcome Mutation Endometrial Serous In-Peak 7.52E−02 4 948p11.2 FKSG2 poor Adenocarcinoma Gene (59347) outcome Deletion CutaneousMelanoma Gain of 7.94E−02 5 214 6p21.3 STK19 (8859) poor Functionoutcome Mutation Endometrial Serous Loss of 8.05E−02 30 38 17p13.1 TP53(7157) TP53 favorable Adenocarcinoma:Microsatellite Function outcomeStable Mutation Colorectal In-Peak 8.58E−02 4 45 13q12.3 CDX2 (1045)poor Adenocarcinoma:KRAS Gene outcome Mutation, Stage 3 or 4Amplification Colorectal Loss of 8.77E−02 4 105 18q21.1 SMAD4 poorAdenocarcinoma:KRAS Function (4089) outcome Mutation Mutation ColorectalGain of 9.10E−02 10 21 12p12.1 KRAS (3845) KRAS poorAdenocarcinoma:Microsatellite Function (pre- outcome Stable Mutationclinical)

Example 7 Identification of Status of TP53

Advances in both molecular diagnostics and the understanding of cancerbiology are raising the bar for clinical trial paradigms with theexpectation that more effective patient stratification will improveoutcome and expedite approval of effective cancer drugs

Mutational status of TP53 has been identified as a predictive biomarkerof treatment response and prognosis. For example, TP53 wild-type (WT)patients have been shown to exhibit significantly increasedprogression-free survival following therapies including adjuvant5-fluorouracil and cetuximab combination treatments compared to patientsharboring TP53 mutations.

TP53 mutation annotations were obtained from ONCOMINE™ NGS MutationBrowser (Compendia Biosciences, MI). In total 776 patients were assessedfor TP53 mutation status; 259 patients contained at least one mutationin TP53 and were annotated as TP53 mutant while 519 patients lacked adetected TP53 mutation and were annotated as TP53 wild type. TP53 wildtype and TP53 mutant annotations were then mapped at the patient levelto corresponding microarray samples from the TCGA breast dataset. Whenmutation annotations were mapped to patients with correspondingmicroarray data, 327 patients were annotated as TP53 wild type and 188were annotated as TP53 mutant. TP53 wild type and TP53 mutationsignatures were generated from a differential expression analysis of theTCGA breast datasets. Gene lists were ranked by p-value according toStudent's two class t-test. Genes differentially upregulated in TP53wild type patients contributed to the TP53 wild type signature whereasgenes that were upregulated in TP53 mutant patients contributed to theTP53 mutant signature. Each signature contained the top 1% of rankedgenes (n=204). All genes in the TP53 wild type and TP53 mutationsignature were highly significant after correcting for false discovery(Q<0.0001). The Q-value was calculated as (p-value/p-value rank)*numberof genes measured.

Five ONCOMINE™ cancer types contained sufficient TP53 mutation statusdata to complete an analysis. Of these, significantly increasedsignature expression was found in TP53 WT compared to TP53 mutatedclinical samples from breast (p<0.001; n=189 WT, 37 mutant), lung(p=0.0003; n=23 WT, 18 mutated), liver (p=0.0069; n=74 WT, 11 mutated)and ovarian (p=0.05; n=22 WT, 15 mutated) cancer patients and a trendwas found within lymphoma patients (p=0.068; n=65 WT, 16 mutated) (seeFIGS. 5-7 and 9-10). Table 40 contains the TP53 WT TOGA breast cancersignature.

The clinically-derived expression signature effectively distinguishesTP53 WT from mutant tumor samples.

TABLE 40 TP53 WT Signature Genes SUSD3 BAG1 ZNF214 USP30 CEP120 DMXL1ERBB4 SLC24A1 MKL2 CA12 P4HTM PCP2 AGBL2 SYTL4 SLC7A2 KIF12 Clorf64 NME5HEXIM2 ANKHD1- EIF4EBP3 ACBD4 TMEM161B RERG BRD8 EIF4EBP3 FSIP1 SLC16A6VEZF1 LOC644189 TMEM128 CAMLG MLPH ZNF484 PJA2 HVCN1 FAM47E LRBA FBXO38TCEAL5 TCTN1 C14orf25 EXOC6 LOC100129623 CHIC1 TOX4 USP47 FAM174A WFS1RNF135 SEPSECS POLK C14orf19 TRIM4 LOC646976 KIAA1370 SPG11 TCEAL3SLC7A8 XPC RG9MTD2 TLE3 CCNH ZC3H6 MED13L CELSR1 GLIPR1L2 ANXA9 SFRS12CXXC5 TBC1D9B PCBD2 TTC8 LOC100131801 C9orf68 TCEAL4 TCEAL6 GAMT CACNA1DKCTD3 MAN2B2 ABCC8 ANKRD42 OBFC1 CST5 CRY2 LOC440459 MRFAP1L1 SCAMP1LRRC48 PCM1 GMPR2 PTGER3 ZNF24 C7orf63 DDB2 CST3 TMEM101 RHBDD1 TIGD6PTPRT NDFIP1 WDFY3 KIAA0232 RAI2 CHCHD5 REEP5 TMEM26 GREB1 KCNE4 FUT8PCDH19 CCDC103 PGR ZFYVE1

Example 8

In accordance with methods of the Example 9, 8,690 clinical samples wereanalyzed for mutation status and 7,202 clinical samples were analyzedfor fusion status.

Novel mutations and fusion events were identified. Table 44 shows novelmutations identified in CDNK2A and ALK. Table 41-43 identifies novelfusion events identified in the analysis.

The druggability of each target and available clinical trials are alsoprovided in the Tables.

The novel mutations and fusion events provide an opportunity not onlyfor further development for target treatments but also potential optionsfor future targets of chemotherapeutics.

Example 9

In accordance with methods of previous Examples 1-8, 8,690 clinicalsamples were analyzed for mutation status and 7,202 clinical sampleswere analyzed for mutation status.

Novel mutation and cancer association events were identified. Tables 45and 46 show the novel mutations/cancer associations.

The druggability of each target and likely outcome are also provided inTable 45.

The novel mutation/cancer association events provide an opportunity notonly for further development for target treatments but also potentialoptions for future targets of chemotherapeutics.

Example 10

In accordance with methods of previous Examples 1-8, 8,690 clinicalsamples were analyzed for mutation status and 7,202 clinical sampleswere analyzed for mutation status

Novel mutation/cancer association events are shown in Table 47.

Novel fusion events and associated cancers are shown in Table 48.breakpoints and druggability are shown in Table 49. The status ofadditional drugs relevant to fusion partners are shown in Table 50.

In certain embodiments, the disclosure provides:

A kit comprising a set of probes that specifically recognize at leastone fusion of two genes chosen from: Table 42 or 49.

A composition comprising a set of probes that specifically recognize atleast one gene fusion of two genes chosen from: Table 42 or 49.

A set of probes that specifically recognize a nucleic acid comprising atleast one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-289.

An isolated nucleic acid comprising at least one sequence selected fromSEQ ID NOs: 1-289.

A method of detecting bladder urothelial carcinoma, breast carcinoma,endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma,glioblastoma multiforme, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, papillaryrenal cell carcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia, brain lower grade glioma,lung adenocarcinoma, ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma, prostateadenocarcinoma, rectal cutaneous melanoma, and thyroid gland carcinomain a sample, the method comprising: amplifying a nucleic acid comprisinga sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 1-289; and detecting the presenceof the nucleic acid comprising a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:1-289; wherein detecting the nucleic acid comprising a sequence selectedfrom SEQ ID NOs: 1-289, indicates that one or more of the above cancersis present in the sample.

A kit comprising a set of probes that specifically hybridize to at leastone nucleic acid comprising a break point from Table 42 or 49.

A set of probes that specifically hybridize to at least one nucleic acidcomprising a break point from Tables 42 or 49.

In the kit, the nucleic acid can be a gene fusion chosen from Table 41.

A method of detecting bladder urothelial carcinoma, breast carcinoma,endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma,glioblastoma multiforme, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, papillaryrenal cell carcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia, brain lower grade glioma,lung adenocarcinoma, ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma, prostateadenocarcinoma, rectal cutaneous melanoma, and thyroid gland carcinomain a sample, the method comprising: amplifying a gene fusion chosen fromTable 41 or 48 or a fusion gene product; and detecting the presence ofthe gene fusion chosen from Table 41 or 48 or fusion gene product in thesample; wherein detecting the presence of the gene fusion chosen fromTable 41, indicates that one or more of the above cancers is present inthe sample.

An isolated gene fusion nucleic acid of between 100 and 10,000nucleotides in length and comprising at least 25 nucleotides on eitherside of one of the break points in Table 42 or 49.

The isolated gene fusion nucleic acid can have a gene fusion partnerthat is two genes chosen from: TPM1 and ALK, PRKAR1A and ALK, NCOA1 andALK, LPP and CASR, MDM2 and EGFR, FGFR3 and ELAVL3, B2M and GNAS, DOCK8and JAK2, HNF1B and NOTCH1, NFASC and NTRK1, SSBP2 and NTRK1, SQSTM1 andNTRK1, TBL1XR1 and PIK3CA, AKAP13 and RET, FKBP15 and RET, TBL1XR1 andRET, CEP85L and ROS1, CLCN6 and RAF1, TRAK1 and RAF1, PRKACA and AKT1,PRKACA and AKT2, MLL and FYN, and TTC13 and JAK2, SEC16A and NOTCH1,ERC1 and RET, GTF2IRD1 and ALK, HTATSF1 and BRS3, CDH1 and CCDC132,CCDC132 and CDH1, ERBB2 and SLC29A3, MET and TFG; TFG and MET, NOTCH2and MNDA, IRF2BP2 and NTRK1, EIF2C2 and PTK2, RARA and HOXB3, STAT3 andETV4, and GFAP and VIM, VIM and GFAP, TOP1 and C17orf64, and TP53 andKIAA0753.

In the above method the sample is a patient sample.

The above method can further comprise diagnosing the patient as havingbladder urothelial carcinoma, breast carcinoma, endometrial endometrioidadenocarcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, clearcell renal cell carcinoma, papillary renal cell carcinoma, acute myeloidleukemia, brain lower grade glioma, lung adenocarcinoma, ovarian serouscystadenocarcinoma, prostate adenocarcinoma, rectal cutaneous melanoma,or thyroid gland carcinoma when a nucleic acid comprising a sequenceselected from SEQ ID NOs: 1-289 is present in the patient sample.

A kit comprising a set of probes, wherein the set of probes specificallyrecognize a gene variant chosen from Table 41, Table 44, Table 45, Table46, Table 47 or a combination thereof.

A composition comprising a set of probes that specifically recognize agene variant from Table 41, Table 44, Table 45, Table 46, Table 47 or acombination thereof.

A set of probes that specifically recognize a gene variant from Table41, Table 44, Table 45, Table 46, Table 47 or a combination thereof.

A method of detecting bladder carcinoma, breast carcinoma, cervical cellcarcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, head and necksquamous cell carcinoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, kidney renalpapillary cell carcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia, brain lower gradeglioma, liver hepatocellular carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, squamouscell lung carcinoma, ovarian serous adenocarcinoma, prostateadenocarcinoma, rectal adenocarcinoma, cutaneous melanoma, stomachadenocarcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, or uterine corpus endometrioidcarcinoma, the method comprising: amplifying a nucleic acid comprising avariant selected from Table 7 and/or Table 11; and detecting thepresence of the variant selected from Table 41, Table 44, Table 45,Table 46, Table 47 or a combination thereof; wherein detecting thevariant selected from Table 41, Table 44, Table 45, Table 46, Table 47or a combination thereof, indicates one ore of the above cancers ispresent in the sample.

A kit comprising a set of probes that specifically hybridize to avariant selected from Table 41, Table 44, Table 45, Table 46, Table 47or a combination thereof.

A set of probes that specifically hybridize to a gene variant selectedfrom Table 41, Table 44, Table 45, Table 46, Table 47 or a combinationthereof.

The method of claim 17, wherein the sample is a patient sample.

The method of claim 20, further comprising diagnosing the patient ashaving bladder carcinoma, breast carcinoma, cervical cell carcinoma,colon adenocarcinoma, glioblastoma multiforme, head and neck squamouscell carcinoma, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, kidney renal papillarycell carcinoma, acute myeloid leukemia, brain lower grade glioma, liverhepatocellular carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, squamous cell lungcarcinoma, ovarian serous adenocarcinoma, prostate adenocarcinoma,rectal adenocarcinoma, cutaneous melanoma, stomach adenocarcinoma,thyroid carcinoma, or uterine corpus endometrioid carcinoma when avariant selected from Table 41, Table 44, Table 45, Table 46, Table 47or a combination thereof is present in the patient sample.

An isolated genetic construct comprising an antisense polynucleotidesequence of a sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:1-289.

The isolated genetic construct can further comprise a promoteroperatively linked to the antisense polynucleotide.

The isolated genetic construct can be a vector. The vector can be aviral vector

A method comprising contacting a cell comprising a gene fusion with adrug, wherein the gene fusion is disclosed in Table 41 or Table 49 andthe drug is one or more of the drugs in Table 43 or Table 49.

A method comprising administering to a patient with a gene fusion adrug, wherein the gene fusion is disclosed in Table 41 or Table 49.

The method of claim 27, wherein the patient is diagnosed with cancer.

The method of claim 28, wherein the cancer is a cancer type disclosed inTable 41 or Table 49.

A method comprising contacting a nucleic acid sample from a patient witha reaction mixture comprising two primers, wherein a first primer iscomplementary to one gene and a second primer is complementary to asecond gene, wherein the fusion of the first gene and the second gene isdetectable by the presence of an amplicon generated by the first primerand the second primer, wherein the fusion breakpoint is one of thebreakpoints of Table 42 or 49, and wherein a patient with an amplicon isadministered one or more of the drugs in Table 43 or Table 49.

A method comprising performing a bioassay to detect one or more genefusions in a sample from a subject, wherein at least one of the genefusions is selected from those in Table 42 or Table 49, receiving theresults of the bioassay into a computer system, processing the resultsto determine an output, presenting the output on a readable medium,wherein the output identifies therapeutic options recommended for thesubject based on the presence or absence of the gene fusions.

In the above method, the bioassay can include probes specific for one ormore of the breakpoints of Table 42 or Table 49.

A kit, comprising: a set of probes, wherein each probe specificallyhybridizes to a nucleic acid comprising a breakpoint from Table 42 orTable 49.

In the kit, each non-naturally occurring probe can comprise: a nucleicacid sequence configured to specifically hybridize to the nucleic acidcomprising the breakpoint from Table 42 or Table 49, and a detectablemoiety covalently bonded to the nucleic acid sequence.

In the kit, each non-naturally occurring probe can comprise: adeoxyribonucleic acid sequence comprising at least one deoxyuridine (dU)residue in place of a deoxythymidine residue.

A method, comprising: amplifying a nucleic acid comprising at least onegene fusion from Table 41 or Table 49 from a sample; and detecting thepresence of the at least one gene fusion by at least one of: contactingthe composition with at least one probe, wherein each probe specificallyhybridizes to the nucleic acid, or observing the presence of anon-natural or non-native chemical structure in the nucleic acid;wherein detecting the presence of the at least one gene fusion indicatesthat at least one cancer from Table 41 or Table 49 is present in thesample.

A system, comprising: a nucleic acid amplifier configured to amplify anucleic acid comprising at least one gene fusion from Table 41 or Table49 from a sample, to yield an amplified nucleic acid; a detectorconfigured to detect the presence of the at least one gene fusion in theamplified nucleic acid by at least one of (i) contacting the compositionwith at least one probe, wherein each probe specifically hybridizes tothe nucleic acid, or (ii) observing the presence of a non-natural ornon-native chemical structure in the nucleic acid, and furtherconfigured to transmit a detection indication; and a computer systemconfigured to receive the detection indication and determine that atleast one cancer from Table 41 or Table 49 is present in the sample,based on the detection indication.

A non-transitory computer readable program storage unit encoded withinstructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method,comprising: receiving an input comprising at least a cancer type and anevent type, wherein the cancer type is selected from Table 44, 45, 46and/or 47 and the event type is selected from Table 44, 45, 46 and/or47; querying a database for at least one entry comprising a plurality offields, wherein the plurality of fields comprises at least one of thecancer type and the event type; transmitting an output comprising atleast one field of the plurality from the at least one entry, whereinthe at least one field comprises at least one gene, at least onedruggable gene, at least one drug targeting the at least one druggablegene, or a prognosis.

A method, comprising: administering to a patient having at least onegene fusion selected from the gene fusions listed in Table 41 at leastone drug selected from the drugs listed in Table 43.

A method, comprising: contacting a nucleic acid sample from a patientwith a reaction mixture comprising a first primer complementary to afirst gene and a second primer complementary to a second gene, wherein afusion of the first gene and the second gene is detectable by thepresence of an amplicon generated by the first primer and the secondprimer, wherein the fusion comprises a breakpoint selected from thebreakpoints listed in Table 42 or Table 49.

In the above method, at least one drug can be selected from the drugslisted in Table 43, 45, 46 and/or 47 is administered to the patient, inresponse to a detection of the fusion.

A non-transitory computer readable program storage unit encoded withinstructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method,comprising: receiving RNA sequence data from at least one cancer cellline; running at least one gene fusion caller on the sequence data, toidentify possible breakpoints between fused genes in the processed data;filtering said possible breakpoints, to retain candidate breakpoints,wherein each candidate breakpoint is in a 5′ untranslated region (UTR)or a coding DNA sequence (CDS) of a functional gene region and eachcandidate breakpoint does not occur in an intron; annotating thecandidate breakpoints with at least one annotation useful in determininga relevance of a gene fusion for at least one of cancer diagnosis,cancer prognosis, or cancer treatment, wherein the gene fusion comprisesthe candidate breakpoint.

In the non-transitory computer readable program storage unit, at leastone gene fusion caller can be selected from TopHat and deFuse.

A non-transitory computer readable program storage unit encoded withinstructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method,comprising: receiving mutation data from at least one cancer cell line;annotating the mutation data with at least one of variantclassification, variant position, or variant change, to yield annotatedmutation data; filtering the annotated mutation data, to yield generegion mutation data; classifying the gene region mutation data ashotspot, deleterious, or other; and nominating a gene comprising thegene region mutation as a gain of function, loss of function, orrecurrent other gene, based on the relative frequency of mutations inthe gene and the classifications of all gene region mutations in thegene.

In the non-transitory computer readable program storage unit, thevariant classification can be selected from splice site, 3′ untranslatedregion (UTR), 5′ UTR, intron, missense, nonsense, nonstop, silent, frameshift insertion, frame shift deletion, in-frame insertion, in-framedeletion, or non-coding exon.

In the non-transitory computer readable program storage unit, filteringthe annotated mutation data can comprise excluding mutations outside ofa known transcript and mutations not associated with a known gene.

In the non-transitory computer readable program storage unit,classifying the mutation as hotspot can comprise determining itspresence at the same variant position in at least three cancer celllines, wherein the variant classification is missense, nonstop, in-frameinsertion, in-frame deletion, or non-coding exon.

In the non-transitory computer readable program storage unit, whereinclassifying the mutation as deleterious can comprise observing thevariant classification is nonsense, frame shift insertion, or frameshift deletion.

A method, comprising: detecting one or more gene fusions in a samplefrom a subject, to yield gene fusion detection data, wherein at leastone of the gene fusions is selected from the gene fusions listed inTable 41 or 49, receiving by a computer system the gene fusion detectiondata, identifying by the computer system at least one therapeutic optionrecommended for the subject, based on the gene fusion detection data.

A system, comprising: a detector configured to (i) detect one or moregene fusions in a sample from a subject, to yield gene fusion detectiondata, wherein at least one of the gene fusions is selected from the genefusions listed in Table 41 or 49 and (ii) transmit the gene fusiondetection data; and a computer system configured to receive the genefusion detection data and identify at least one therapeutic optionrecommended for the subject, based on the gene fusion detection data.

A gene fusion that is prepared by a process comprising: isolating an RNAmolecule comprising the gene fusion; and synthesizing a complementaryDNA (cDNA) molecule complementary to the isolated RNA molecule.

Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers expressing quantities ofingredients, properties such as molecular weight, reaction conditions,and so forth used in the specification and claims are to be understoodas being modified in all instances by the term “about.” Accordingly,unless indicated to the contrary, the numerical parameters set forth inthe specification and attached claims are approximations that may varydepending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained by thepresent invention. At the very least, and not as an attempt to limit theapplication of the doctrine of equivalents to the scope of the claims,each numerical parameter should at least be construed in light of thenumber of reported significant digits and by applying ordinary roundingtechniques. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameterssetting forth the broad scope of the invention are approximations, thenumerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported asprecisely as possible. Any numerical value, however, inherently containscertain errors necessarily resulting from the standard deviation foundin their respective testing measurements.

The terms “a,” “an,” “the” and similar referents used in the context ofdescribing the invention (especially in the context of the followingclaims) are to be construed to cover both the singular and the plural,unless otherwise indicated herein or clearly contradicted by context.Recitation of ranges of values herein is merely intended to serve as ashorthand method of referring individually to each separate valuefalling within the range. Unless otherwise indicated herein, eachindividual value is incorporated into the specification as if it wereindividually recited herein. All methods described herein can beperformed in any suitable order unless otherwise indicated herein orotherwise clearly contradicted by context. The use of any and allexamples, or exemplary language (e.g., “such as”) provided herein isintended merely to better illuminate the invention and does not pose alimitation on the scope of the invention otherwise claimed. No languagein the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimedelement essential to the practice of the invention.

Groupings of alternative elements or embodiments of the inventiondisclosed herein are not to be construed as limitations. Each groupmember may be referred to and claimed individually or in any combinationwith other members of the group or other elements found herein. It isanticipated that one or more members of a group may be included in, ordeleted from, a group for reasons of convenience and/or patentability.When any such inclusion or deletion occurs, the specification is deemedto contain the group as modified thus fulfilling the written descriptionof all Markush groups used in the appended claims.

Certain embodiments of this invention are described herein, includingthe best mode known to the inventors for carrying out the invention. Ofcourse, variations on these described embodiments will become apparentto those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the foregoingdescription. The inventor expects skilled artisans to employ suchvariations as appropriate, and the inventors intend for the invention tobe practiced otherwise than specifically described herein. Accordingly,this invention includes all modifications and equivalents of the subjectmatter recited in the claims appended hereto as permitted by applicablelaw. Moreover, any combination of the above-described elements in allpossible variations thereof is encompassed by the invention unlessotherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context.

Furthermore, numerous references have been made to patents and printedpublications throughout this specification. Each of the above-citedreferences and printed publications are individually incorporated hereinby reference in their entirety.

It is to be understood that the embodiments of the invention disclosedherein are illustrative of the principles of the present invention.Other modifications that may be employed are within the scope of theinvention. Thus, by way of example, but not of limitation, alternativeconfigurations of the present invention may be utilized in accordancewith the teachings herein. Accordingly, the present invention is notlimited to that precisely as shown and described.

Specific embodiments disclosed herein may be further limited in theclaims using consisting of or consisting essentially of language. Whenused in the claims, whether as filed or added per amendment, thetransition term “consisting of” excludes any element, step, oringredient not specified in the claims. The transition term “consistingessentially of” limits the scope of a claim to the specified materialsor steps and those that do not materially affect the basic and novelcharacteristic(s). Embodiments of the invention so claimed areinherently or expressly described and enabled herein.

Reference to sequence identifiers, such as those beginning with NM_,refer to the database accession numbers and the underlying sequences asthey were found on Apr. 18, 2013.

TABLE 7 TCGA Disease Gene Symbol Entrez Gene ID Start Position ReferenceAllele Tumor Seq Allele Transcript Variant C READ ANXA1 301 74965099 G ANM_000700 p.R124H SKCM ANXA1 301 75775278 C T NM_000700 p.R124C UCECANXA1 301 75775279 G A NM_000700 p.R124H BRCA AR 367 66765161 A TNM_000044 p.Q58L HNSC AR 367 66765161 A T NM_000044 p.Q58L KIRP AR 36766765161 A T NM_000044 p.Q58L LGG AR 367 66765161 A T NM_000044 p.Q58LLUAD AR 367 66765161 A T NM_000044 p.Q58L STAD AR 367 66765161 A TNM_000044 p.Q58L UCEC AR 367 66765161 A T NM_000044 p.Q58L LUAD ARAF 36947426120 T A NM_001654 p.S214T LUAD ARAF 369 47426121 C T NM_001654p.S214F SKCM ARAF 369 47426121 C T NM_001654 p.S214F PAAD ATP6V1A 523113505224 T C NM_001690 p.L237P SKCM ATP6V1A 523 113505224 T C NM_001690p.L237P LUAD CDK4 1019 58145430 C A NM_000075 p.R24L SKCM CDK4 101958145430 C A NM_000075 p.R24L SKCM CDK4 1019 58145431 G T NM_000075p.R24S OV CHEK2 11200 27422947 C T NM_007194 p.R346H GBM CHEK2 1120029083962 G C NM_007194 p.R519G HNSC CHEK2 11200 29083962 G C NM_007194p.R519G KIRC CHEK2 11200 29083962 G C NM_007194 p.R519G PAAD CHEK2 1120029083962 G C NM_007194 p.R519G HNSC CHEK2 11200 29091840 T C NM_007194p.K373E KIRC CHEK2 11200 29091840 T C NM_007194 p.K373E LUAD CHEK2 1120029091840 T C NM_007194 p.K373E SKCM CHEK2 11200 29091840 T C NM_007194p.K373E BRCA CHEK2 11200 29092948 G A NM_007194 p.R346C LUSC CHEK2 1120029092948 G C NM_007194 p.R346G HNSC CSNK2A1 1457 470440 T C NM_001895p.H236R LUAD CSNK2A1 1457 470440 T C NM_001895 p.H236R LUSC CSNK2A1 1457470440 T C NM_001895 p.H236R STAD CSNK2A1 1457 470440 T C NM_001895p.H236R THCA CSNK2A1 1457 470440 T C NM_001895 p.H236R GBM DRD5 18169784478 C A NM_000798 p.S275R HNSC DRD5 1816 9784478 C A NM_000798p.S275R LUSC DRD5 1816 9784478 C A NM_000798 p.S275R STAD DRD5 18169784478 C A NM_000798 p.S275R COAD ERBB3 2065 54765121 G A NM_001982p.V104M COAD ERBB3 2065 54765121 G A NM_001982 p.V104M COAD ERBB3 206554765121 G T NM_001982 p.V104L READ ERBB3 2065 54765121 G A NM_001982p.V104M CESC ERBB3 2065 56478854 6 A NM_001982 p.V104M STAD ERBB3 206556478854 G T NM_001982 p.V104L STAD ERBB3 2065 55478854 G A NM_001982p.V104M UCEC ERBB3 2065 56478854 G A NM_001982 p.V104M BRCA ERBB3 206556482341 G T NM_001982 p.D297Y UCEC ERBB3 2065 56482341 G T NM_001982p.D297Y UCEC ERBB3 2065 56482341 G A NM_001982 p.D297N UCEC ERBB3 206556482342 A T NM_001982 p.D297V HNSC FGFR3 2261 1803565 C G NM_000142p.S249C KIRP FGFR3 2261 1803568 C G NM_000142 p.S249C LUSC FGFR3 22611803568 C G NM_000142 p.S249C COAD GPRC5A 9052 12952538 G A NM_003979p.V30I UCEC GPRC5A 9052 13061271 G A NM_003979 p.V30I LUAD GPX1 287649395482 G C NM_000581 p.P77R SKCM GPX1 2876 49395482 G C NM_000581p.P77R STAD GPX1 2876 49395482 G C NM_000581 p.P77R KIRC HSD17B7 51478162769603 G A NM_016371 p.S173N PAAD HSD17B7 51478 162759603 G ANM_016371 p.S173N BRCA JUN 3725 59248409 C T NM_002228 p.E112K LUSC JUN3725 59248409 C T NM_002228 p.E112K LUSC JUN 3725 59248409 C G NM_002228p.E112Q COAD KDR 3791 55650977 C T NM_002253 p.R1032Q SKCM KDR 379155955863 G A NM_002253 p.S1100F SKCM KDR 3791 55956220 C T NM_002253p.R1032Q LAML KIT 3815 55294077 G T NM_000222 p.D816Y LAML KIT 381555294078 A T NM_000222 p.D816V SKCM LHCGR 3973 48915500 C T NM_000233p.R479Q UCEC LHCGR 3973 48915500 C A NM_000233 p.R479L SKCM LHCGR 397348936151 C T NM_000233 p.E206K HNSC MAP2K2 5605 4117549 A C NM_030662p.F57L SKCM MAP2K2 5605 4117551 A C NM_030662 p.F57V STAD MAP2K2 56054117551 A C NM_030662 p.F57V CESC MAPK1 5594 22127164 C T NM_002745p.E322K HNSC MAPK1 5594 22127164 C T NM_002745 p.E322K COAD MMP15 432456631345 G A NM_002428 p.R169H SKCM MMP15 4324 58073843 C T NM_002428p.R169C LUAD MMP15 4324 58073844 G A NM_002428 p.R169H OV MMP3 4314102215174 G A NM_002422 p.R316C GBM MMP3 4314 102709963 C T NM_002422p.R316H GBM MMP3 4314 102709964 G A NM_002422 p.R316C LUAD MMP3 4314102709964 G A NM_002422 p.R316C COAD MTOR 2475 11107160 G T NM_004958p.S2215Y KIRC MTOR 2475 11184573 G T NM_004958 p.S2215Y KIRP MTOR 247511184573 G T NM_004958 p.S2215Y UCEC MTOR 2475 11184573 G T NM_004958p.S2215Y KIRC MTOR 2475 11189545 G C NM_004958 p.F1888L UCEC MTOR 247511189845 G T NM_004958 p.F1888L UCEC MTOR 2475 11189847 A C NM_004958p.F1888V OV MTOR 2475 11195525 C T NM_004958 p.A1105T KIRC MTOR 247511217230 C T NM_004958 p.C1483Y KIRC MTOR 2475 11217230 C A NM_004958p.C1483F GBM MTOR 2475 11217231 A G NM_004958 p.C1483R SKCM MTOR 247511272938 C T NM_004958 p.A1105T GBM PIK3CB 5291 138374244 T G NM_006219p.D1067A HNSC PIK3CB 5291 138374244 T A NM_006219 p.D1067V THCA PIK3CB5291 138374244 T A NM_006219 p.D1067V UCEC PIK3CB 5291 138374245 C ANM_006219 p.D1067Y LUAD PIK3R2 5296 18273784 G A NM_005027 p.G373R UCECPIK3R2 5296 18273784 G A NM_005027 p.G373R COAD POLE 5426 131760362 C ANM_006231 p.V411L COAD POLE 5426 131763257 G T NM_006231 p.P286H UCECPOLE 5426 133250289 C A NM_006231 p.V411L UCEC POLE 5426 133253184 G CNM_006231 p.P286R UCEC PPP2R1A 5518 52715971 C G NM_014225 p.P179R UCECPPP2R1A 5518 52715982 C T NM_014225 p.R183W HNSC PPP2R1A 5518 52715983 GA NM_014225 p.R183Q STAD PPP2R1A 5518 52715983 G A NM_014225 p.R183QUCEC PPP2R1A 5518 52716323 C T NM_014225 p.S256F UCEC PPP2R1A 551852716323 C A NM_014225 p.S256Y UCEC PPP2R1A 5518 52716328 C T NM_014225p.R258C LUAD PPP2R1A 5518 52716329 G A NM_014225 p.R258H COAD PPP2R1A5518 57407794 C T NM_014225 p.R183W COAD PPP2R1A 5518 57407794 C TNM_014225 p.R183W OV PPP2R1A 5518 57407794 C T NM_014225 p.R183W COADPPP2R1A 5518 57408141 G A NM_014225 p.R258H HNSC PRKCA 5578 64299066 G CNM_002737 p.E33Q LUAD PRKCA 5578 64299066 G A NM_002737 p.E33K LUSCPRKCA 5578 64299066 G A NM_002737 p.E33K KIRC PRKCH 5583 61789073 C TNM_006255 p.A85V PAAD PRKCH 5583 61789073 C T NM_006255 p.A85V STADPRKCI 5584 170013719 C A NM_002740 p.R480S COAD PRKCI 5584 171496413 C TNM_002740 p.R480C COAD PRKCI 5584 171496413 C T NM_002740 p.R480C OVPRKCI 5584 171496413 C T NM_002740 p.R480C COAD RAF1 5894 12620699 G ANM_002880 p.S257L COAD RAF1 5894 12620699 G A NM_002880 p.S257L LUADRAF1 5894 12645699 G A NM_002880 p.S257L LUAD RAF1 5894 12645699 G CNM_002880 p.S257W SKCM RAF1 5894 12645699 G A NM_002880 p.S257L STADRAF1 5894 12645699 G A NM_002880 p.S2S7L KIRC RHEB 6009 151188050 A TNM_005614 p.Y35N UCEC RHEB 6009 151188050 A T NM_005614 p.Y35N STAD RHOA387 49412898 T C NM_001664 p.Y42C STAD RHOA 387 49412898 T G NM_001664p.Y42S BRCA RHOA 387 49412905 C G NM_001664 p.E40Q HNSC RHOA 38749412905 C G NM_001664 p.E40Q COAD SRC 6714 35464354 G C NM_005417p.D407H OV SRC 6714 35464354 G C NM_005417 p.D407H SKCM SRCIN1 8072536704930 C T NM_025248 p.E1045K READ SYK 6850 92676932 G T NM_003177p.K387N LGG SYK 6850 93637110 A G NM_003177 p.K387R SKCM SYK 685093637110 A G NM_003177 p.K387R STAD TOP2A 7153 38552660 T C NM_001067p.K1199E THCA TOP2A 7153 38552660 T C NM_001067 p.K1199E COAD TOP2B 715525643731 C T NM_001068 p.R651H UCEC TOP2B 7155 25668727 C T NM_001068p.R651H GBM TUBA1B 10376 49523423 C T NM_006082 p.G29D STAD TUBA1B 1037649523423 C T NM_006082 p.G29D HNSC TUBA1B 10376 49523424 C G NM_006082p.G29R BLCA TXNRD1 7296 104725378 G A NM_003330 p.E439K CESC TXNRD1 7296104725378 G C NM_003330 p.E439Q UCEC TXNRD1 7296 104725378 G C NM_003330p.E439Q HNSC TXNRD1 7296 104725379 A G NM_003330 p.E439G KIRC TXNRD17296 104725379 A G NM_003330 p.E439G LGG VEGFB 7423 64005040 A CNM_003377 p.T187P PAAD VEGFB 7423 64005040 A C NM_003377 p.T187P HNSCVEGFB 7423 64005048 A C NM_001243733 p.T156P PAAD VEGFB 7423 64005048 AC NM_001243733 p.T156P SKCM VEGFB 7423 64005048 A C NM_001243733 p.T156PBLCA Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma BRCA Breast invasive carcinoma CESCCervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma COAD colon adenocarcinoma GBMglioblastoma HNSC head and neck squamous cancer KIRC Kidney Renal ClearCell Carcinoma KIRP Kidney Renal Papillary Cell Carcinoma LAML acutemyeloid leukemia LGG low grade glioma LUAD lung adenocarcinoma LUSC lungsquamnous cell carcinoma OV ovarian carcinoma PAAD pancreaticadenoacrcinoma READ rectal adenocarcinoma SKCM Skin Cutaneous MelanomaSTAD stomach adenocarcinoma THCA thyroid carcinoma UCEC Uterine CorpusEndometrioid Carcinoma

TABLE 41 5′ gene 3′ gene Druggable Cancer Type symbol symbol geneProstate Adenocarcinoma ACPP AXL AXL Prostate Adenocarcinoma ATM CARD18ATM Lung Adenocarcinoma ATXN1 ARG1 ARG1 Lower Grade Glioma CLU CST3 CLUProstate Adenocarcinoma DHX15 ETV1 none Lower Grade Glioma DOT1L TECRDOT1L Adrenal Cortex Carcinoma EXOSC10 MTOR MTOR Cervical Squamous CellCarcinoma FAT1 NTRK3 NTRK3 Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma FHIT RUNX1 noneProstate Adenocarcinoma GUCA2A ERG none Sarcoma KANK2 ALK ALK CutaneousMelanoma LMNA RAF1 RAF1 Prostate Adenocarcinoma MDM2 BRI3BP MDM2Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma MX1 ERG none Hepatocellular CarcinomaOXR1 MET MET Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma PLS1 PIK3CB PIK3CB Colon andRectal Adenocarcinoma RPS6 FN1 FN1 Cutaneous Melanoma RSBN1L HGF HGFLung Adenocarcinoma RUNX1 CEP76 none Sarcoma SEC16A RXRA RXRA LungAdenocarcinoma STK11 HMHA1 None Ovarian Serous CystadenocarcinomaTBL1XR1 CTNNB1 CTNNB1 Prostate Adenocarcinoma TMPRSS2 GUCA2A NoneProstate Adenocarcinoma TMPRSS2 TMEM109 None Prostate AdenocarcinomaTMPRSS2 BRAF BRAF Colon and Rectal Adenocarcinoma USP7 PRKCB PRKCB LowerGrade Glioma VEGFA STK38 VEGFA

TABLE 42 5′ Gene 3′ Gene 5′ 5′ 5′ 3′ 3′ 3′ Symbol Symbol Cancer TypeTCGA Tumor Sample Barcode Accession Chromosome Breakpoint AccessionChromosome Breakpoint ACPP AXL Prostate AdenocarcinomaTCGA-J4-A6G3-01A-11R-A311-07 55 chr3 132075687 558 chr19 41745606 ATMCARD18 Prostate Adenocarcinoma TCGA-KK-A6E8-01A-11R-A31N-07 472 chr11108218092 59082 chr11 105009805 ATXN1 ARG1 Lung AdenocarcinomaTCGA-55-6978-01A-11R-1949-07 6310 chr6 16658016 383 chr6 131897847 CLUCST3 Lower Grade Glioma TCGA-CS-4944-01A-01R-1470-07 1191 chr8 274618791471 chr20 23618406 CLU CST3 Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-PS-A72U-01A-31R-A32Q-07 1191 chr8 27461878 1471 chr20 23614559DHX15 ETV1 Prostate Adenocarcinoma TCGA-G9-6339-01A-12R-A311-07 1665chr4 24585946 2115 chr7 13975521 DOT1L TECR Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-TM-A7CF-02A-11R-A32Q-07 84444 chr19 2194576 9524 chr19 14673337DOT1L TECR Lower Grade Glioma TCGA-TM-A7CF-01A-11R-A32Q-07 84444 chr192194576 9524 chr19 14673337 EXOSC10 MTOR Adrenal Cortex CarcinomaTCGA-OR-A5J7-01A-11R-A29S-07 5394 chr1 11139768 2475 chr1 11190834 FAT1NTRK3 Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma TCGA-HM-A3JK-01A-11R-A32Y-07 2195chr4 187627717 4916 chr15 88680792 FHIT RUNX1Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma TCGA-LC-A66R-01A-41R-A30C-07 2272 chr361237029 861 chr21 36231788 GUCA2A ERG Prostate AdenocarcinomaTCGA-KC-A4BR-01A-32R-A32Y-07 2980 chr1 42629074 2078 chr21 39817544HMHA1 STK11 Lung Adenocarcinoma TCGA-62-8395-01A-11R-2326-07 23526 chr191066162 6794 chr19 1218416 STK11 HMHA1 Lung AdenocarcinomaTCGA-NJ-A4YF-01A-12R-A262-07 6794 chr19 1222005 23526 chr19 1080254KANK2 ALK Sarcoma TCGA-FX-A48G-01A-11R-A24X-07 25959 chr19 11303507 238chr2 29451932 LMNA RAF1 Cutaneous Melanoma TCGA-EB-A55F-01A-11R-A311-074000 chr1 156107492 5894 chr3 12645651 MDM2 BRI3BPProstate Adenocarcinoma TCGA-KK-A7B2-01A-12R-A32O-07 4193 chr12 69214153140707 chr12 125509889 MX1 ERG Cervical Squamous Cell CarcinomaTCGA-C5-A7CJ-01A-11R-A32P-07 4599 chr21 42809050 2078 chr21 39947620OXR1 MET Hepatocellular Carcinoma TCGA-RC-A6M6-01A-11R-A32O-07 55074chr8 107726213 4233 chr7 116411552 PLS1 PIK3CBPapillary Renal Cell Carcinoma TCGA-G7-6793-01A-11R-1965-07 5357 chr3142315341 5291 chr3 138461531 RPS6 FN1 Colon and Rectal AdenocarcinomTCGA-AG-3609-01A-02R-0826-07 6194 chr9 19378859 2335 chr2 216259394RSBN1L HGF Cutaneous Melanoma TCGA-EB-A5SE-01A-11R-A311-07 222194 chr777326339 3082 chr7 81381543 RLINX1 CEP76 Lung AdenocarcinomaTCGA-O1-A52J-01A-13R-A262-07 861 chr21 36206707 79959 chr18 12686449SEC16A RXRA Sarcoma TCGA-DX-A3LS-01A-11R-A21T-07 9919 chr9 1393520346256 chr9 137293495 TBL1XR1 CTNNB1 Ovarian Serous CystadenocarcinomaTCGA-24-2280-01A-01R-1568-13 79718 chr3 176914909 1499 chr3 41274832TMPRSS2 GUCA2A Prostate Adenocarcinoma TCGA-KC-A4BR-01A-32R-A32Y-07 7113chr21 42879877 2980 chr1 42629281 TMPRSS2 TMEM109Prostate Adenocarcinoma TCGA-HC-8216-01A-11R-A29R-07 7113 chr21 4286032179073 chr11 60687158 TMPRSS2 TMEM109 Prostate AdenocarcinomaTCGA-HC-8213-01A-11R-A29R-07 7113 chr21 42852403 79073 chr11 60687197TMPRSS2 BRAF Prostate Adenocarcinoma TCGA-FC-A6HD-01A-11R-A31N-07 7113chr21 42866283 673 chr7 140481493 USP7 PRKCBColon and Rectal Adenocarcinom TCGA-A6-3807-01A-01R-1022-07 7874 chr169057064 5579 chr16 24043457 VEGFA STK38 Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-TM-A7CF-02A-11R-A32Q-07 7422 chr6 43745395 11329 chr6 36467720VEGFA STK38 Lower Grade Glioma TCGA-TM-A7CF-01A-llR-A32Q-07 7422 chr643745395 11329 chr6 36467720 5′ Gene Symbol 3′ Gene SymbolBreakpoint Sequence SEQ ID NO ACPP AXLGGTTGGCCCTGTGATCCCTCAAGACTGGTCCACGGAGTGTATGACCACAA|ACAGCCAGTCCACCAGCTGGTGAAGGAACCTTCAACTCCTGCCTTCTCGT258 ATM CARD18GAATATCTTGATAAATGAGCAGTCAGCAGAACTTGTACATATAGATCTAG|ACCAACTCTTGCGTAAAAAGAGAAGAATTTTTATCCATTCAGTGGGTGCA259 ATXN1 ARG1AAGAGAGAAAGAGTGGATTTCAGCCTGCACGGATGGTCTTGAAACACAAA|TGGTCTGCTTGAGAAACTTAAAGAACAAGAGTGTGATGTGAAGGATTATG260 CLU CST3ACAGAATTCATACGAGAAGGCGACGATGACCGGACTGTGTGCCGGGAGAT|CCGCCGCGCCTAGTGGGAGGCCCCATGGACGCCAGCGTGGAGGAGGAGGG261 CLU CST3CAGAATTCATACGAGAAGGCGACGATGACCGGACTGTGTGCCGGGAGATC|CGCCTAGGGGTCTGTACCGGGCTGGCCTGTGCCTATCACCTCTTATGCAC262 DHX15 ETV1GGACCTAGGGGAGGATTACCCCTCTGGCAAGAAGCGTGCGGGGACCGATG|GTGCCTATGATCAGAAGCCACAAGTGGGAATGAGGCCCTCCAACCCCCCC263 DOM TECRAGTTCAGGAAGTGGATGAAATGGTATGGAAAAAAGCATGCAGAATACACA|GTGGAGATTCTGGACGCAAAGACAAGGGAGAAGCTGTGTTTCTTGGACAA264 DOM TECRAGTTCAGGAAGTGGATGAAATGGTATGGAAAAAAGCATGCAGAATACACA|GTGGAGATTCTGGACGCAAAGACAAGGGAGAAGCTGTGTTTCTTGGACAA265 EXOSC10 MTORATCAACGAAATGCACCTTTTAATCCAGCAGGCCCGAGAGATGCCCCTGCT|CAAGGCCTGGCATGCGTGGGCAGTGATGAACTTCGAAGCTGTGCTACACT266 FAT1 NTRK3TCCATTAGAGATGGCTCTGGCGTTGGTGTTTTCAAAATAGGTGAAGAGAC|AGGCAGTTGGAGCAGAACTTTTTCAACTGCAGCTGTGACATCCGCTGGAT267 FHIT RUNX1GTCCCTCAGGCGGCCACCCAGTGGGCACACTCCCAGGCGGCGCTCC|GGCCCCGAGAACCTCGAAGACATCGGCAGAAACTAGATGATCAGACCAAG268 GUCA2A ERGAGGCACACTCAAACAACGACTGGTCCTCACTCACAACTGATAAGGCTTCC|CAGCCTCTGAAGTATCTCCTGGGCATTGGGCTCCTTGCAGAGAGGCTTGA269 HMHA1 STK11GCTGTGGCCTTCATGTCCTGTGCCCCAGAGATCTGCCCCTCCCACCCGAG|GGAAATTCAACTACTGAGGAGGTTACGGCACAAAAATGTCATCCAGCTGG270 STK11 HMHA1GAGTACGAACCGGCCAAGAGGTTCTCCATCCGGCAGATCCGGCAGCACAG|GTCCCCCGTCATGCGTGCCCGGAAGAGCAGCTTCAACGTGAGTGATGTGG271 KANK2 ALKCCGGCCCAGAGCAAGGAAGTGTTATCATTCCAGCCACCTCCACCACCTGC|TGCTCCATCGCAGCTTCGCTCTGTGATGCTAATCTTCTTCACCATATGGA272 LMNA RAF1AAGAAGTGGCCATGCGCAAGCTGGTGCGCTCAGTGACTGTGGTTGAGGAC|ACAGCAGGATGATTGAGAATAACAACCTGAGTGCTTCTCCCAGGGCGTGG273 MDM2 BRI3BPGGAAAATATATACCATGATCTACAGGAACTTGGTAGTAGTCAATCAGCAG|GCTGGAGCACCTGGAGAAGCAGGTCAGACTGCTCAACATCCGTCTCAACC274 MX1 ERGTGGAGAGGCAAGGTCAGTTACCAGGACTACGAGATTGAGAMCGGATGC|TTCAGACTGTCCCGGACCCAGCAGCTCATATCAAGGAAGCCTTATCAGTT275 OXR1 METCTGAAACAATTGAGGATTCTAGTAATCAAGCAGCAGCCAGAGAATGGGAG|TGGAAGCAAGCAATTTCTTCAACCGTCCTTGGAAAAGTAATAGTTCAACC276 PL51 PIK3CBTGCTCTGGTGGATATGTTTGTTTTAGCCAGTCCATCCAAGACAATCCCAC|CGCTGTCCTGCCTTCGAGAGGGCAGCTCCCACTGGAGATCCAAGTACCTG277 RPS6 FN1GGTCCGAATCAGTGGTGGGAACGACAAACAAGGTTTCCCCATGAAGCAGG|GAAATTCTTTGGAAGAAGTGGTCCATGCTGATCAGAGCTCCTGCACTTTT278 RSBN1L HGFGAGGAGGCACGGTCTCGGTGGGGCCCGAGAGGCCGGCGGGGCCTCCCGGG|AGGAAAACTACTGTCGAAATCCTCGAGGGGAAGAAGGGGGACCCTGGTGT279 RUNX1 CEP76CCCTGAACCACTCCACTGCCTTTAACCCTCAGCCTCAGAGTCAGATGCAG|GGATGAAAATGGGATAAATAGACCAGTCTGTTCCTATGTTAAACCACTTC280 SEC16A RXRAACGCCCAGTCCCTGGGTGCCGAGACCTGCCCCCTGCCTAGTTTCCAGGTG|AACTCCTCCCTCACCTCCCCGACGGGGCGAGGCTCCATGGCTGCCCCCTC281 TBL1XR1 CTNNB1CAAGACGTTGACTTGGATCTGTCAGGTGAAGTCCTAAAGCTTGCATTCCA|CCTGGAAACGGTGGCCTCCAACGCCGCTCCCCCCTCCCGGGAATGGAGGC282 TMPRSS2 GUCA2AAGGTCTTTGAGCTTCTTCACTGACTCCAGAGAAAAGGAGAAATTTCCATC|CTGCCGCGCCGCGCTCCTCACACCCGCTTTCACCTCCGGGCGGGGCAGGG283 TMPRSS2 TMEM109GTGTGATGGCGTGTCACACTGCCCCGGCGGGGAGGACGAGAATCGGTGTG|ACCCAGTCATGGCAGCCTCCAGCATCAGTTCACCATGGGGAAAGCATGTG284 TMPRSS2 TMEM109GACTGGAACGAGAACTACGGGCGGGCGGCCTGCAGGGACATGGGCTATAA|GAAAGCATGTGTTCAAAGCCATTCTGATGGTCCTAGTGGCCCTTATCCTC285 TMPRSS2 BRAFCGTCGTCTGCACGCAGCCCAAATCCCCATCCGGGACAGTGTGCACCTCAA|AAAACACTTGGTAGACGGGACTCGAGTGATGATTGGGAGATTCCTGATGG286 USP7 PRKCBGAAAGCGGGCGAGCAGCAGTTGAGCGAGCCCGAGGACATGGAGATGGAAG|GACCCCCGCAGCAAACACAAGTTTAAGATCCACACGTACTCCAGCCCCAC287 VEGFA STK38TGCAATGACGAGGGCCTGGAGTGTGTGCCCACTGAGGAGTCCAACATCAC|CATGCAGACCGGGTACAACAAGCTCTGTGATTGGTGGTCGCTTGGGGTGA288 VEGFA STK38TGCAATGACGAGGGCCTGGAGTGTGTGCCCACTGAGGAGTCCAACATCAC|CATGCAGACCGGGTACAACAAGCTCTGTGATTGGTGGTCGCTTGGGGTGA289

TABLE 43 Pre-registration Gene Approved (pre-approval) Phase III AXLARG1 CLU custirsen DOT1L MTOR everolimus; ridaforolimus N temsirolimusNTRK3 ALK crizotinib alectinib hydrochloride ceritinib RAF1 sorafenib NN MDM2 N N N MET cabozantinib; N tivantinib; crizotinib rilotumumab;onartuzumab; PIK3CB FN1 HGF rilotumumab RXRA bexarotene, bexarotene,gel, CTNNB1 PRKCB BRAF vemurafenib, encorafenib pazopanib, dabrafenibVEGFA bevacizumab, midostaurin, XL-647, pegaptanib bevacizumab, Biocad,octasodium, bevacizumab, Actavis, pegaptanib bevacizumab, octasodiumReliance Life Sciences Gene Phase II Phase I Preclinical AXL foretinib,BGB-324, S-49076, ningetinib TP-0903, SGI-7079, Q-4, BGB-109, CEP-40783ARG1 PEG-arginase, Bio-Cancer CLU AB-16B5, CGEN-25008 DOT1L EPZ-01 DOT1Linhibitors, Aurigene MTOR quinacrine; XL-765; dactolisib; P-7170;CBLC-137, AZD-2014; nPT-MTOR; STP-503; X-480; ABTL-0812; X- PKI-587;PF-04691502; CC-223, CC-115; PWT-33957; DS-7423; 414; CC214; HMPL-518;PQR-309; PQR-401; apitolisib; gedatolisib, INK-128 GDC-0084; DS-3078;LY- mTOR inhibitor/PI3 kinase inhibitor, Lilly-1; PKI-587; PF-04691502;CC- 3023414; PI3 kinase/mTOR PIM/PI3k/mTOR inhibitors, Inflection 223,apitolisib, gedatolisib, INK- inhibitor, Lilly, Biosciences 128 SF-1126,SB-2343 NTRK3 TSR-011 PLX-7486 NMS-P626 ALK AP-26113; RG-7853; TSR-011;X-396; ASP-3026; CEP-37440 NMS-E628; aurora kinase + ALK inhibitorNMS-E628, PF-06463922 (Sareum, AstraZeneca); ALK inhibitors(AstraZeneca, Cephalon, Aurigene); ARN- 5032; DLX-521, TL-398, AZD-3463RAF1 iCo-007; XL-281 RO-5126766; MLN-2480, BIB-024; STP503; DP-4978;HM-95573; TAK- pan-Raf inhibitor, Eli Lilly 632 MDM2 N DS-3032, AMG-232p53-mdm2/mdm4 dual inhibitors, Adamed; PXN-527; ATSP-7041; MDM2inhibitors, Amgen, DS-5272 MET MGCD-265; foretinib; AMG-208; TAS-115;X-379; metatinib; PRS-110; ASP-08001; DCC- ficlatuzumab; BMS-777607;volitinib; SAR-125844; 2721; MG-516; AL-2846; CG-206481; T- golvatinib;INCB-028060; LY- S-49076, metatinib, F-50064, 1840383; cMet-EGFR dualinhibitors( 2875358; apitolisib ARGX-111, CrystalGenomics); bispecificantibodies DCC-2701 (Hoffmann-La Roche) PIK3CB pictilisib, GS-9820, GSK-INK-1117, BAY-1082439, PQR-3xx, Piqur 2636771 SAR-260301, AZD-8186 FN1radretumab, darleukin AS-1409 HGF HuL2G7 NK4, Kringle RXRA IRX-4310CTNNB1 PRI-724 β-catenin inhibitors, PhaseRx, K-756, DsiRNAs, DicernaPRKCB sotrastaurin, BRAF RAF-265, XL-281, AB-024 ARQ-761, ARQ-736, b-rafinhibitors, Sareum, B-Raf and c-RAF dual BeiGene-283 inhibitor, RedxPharma, PLX-8394, DP-4978, TL- 241, B-Raf kinase inhibitors, ArrayBioPharma- 1, EN-3352, EBI-907, PI3K/BET bromodomain inhibitors,SignalRx VEGFA squalamine, PTC-299, MP-0112, ASC-06, PRS-050, VEGFvaccine, Neovacs, CEQ-300, ESBA-1008 sevacizumab, RG-7221, bevacizumab,BioXpress, bevacizumab, Natco, PAN-90806, bevacizumab, Oncobiologics,bevacizumab, TAS-115, bevacizumab, Pfizer Harvest Moon, OMP-305B83,bevacizumab, Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics, bevacizumab, LG LifeSciences, bevacizumab, Biocon, bevacizumab, Mabion, bevacizumab,Aryogen, hVEGF-trunc vaccine, Immunovo, bevacizumab, Avesthagen,bevacizumab, Alteogen, bevacizumab, Nanogen

TABLE 44 Gene Entrez Reference Tumor Seq Tumor Seq Variant VariantVariant Cancer Type Symbol Gene ID Allele Allele1 Allele2 ChangePosition Class Druggability Gastric Adenocarcinoma CDKN2A 1029 A C Cp.V25G p.V25 Missense_Mutation Y Clear Cell Renal Cell CDKN2A 1030 A C Cp.V25G p.V25 Missense_Mutation Y Carcinoma Multiple Myeloma CDKN2A 1031A C — p.V25G p.V25 Missense_Mutation Y Prostate Adenocarcinoma CDKN2A1032 A A C p.V25G p.V25 Missense_Mutation Y Lung Adenocarcinoma ALK 238C G G p.W247S p.W247 Missense_Mutation Y

TABLE 45 No. Total no. Subset Event type Q positive of patients AcuteMyeloid Leukemia Fusion 4.03E−02 11 168 Chromophobe Renal Cell CarcinomaLoss of Function Mutation 6.84E−02 18 65 Chromophobe Renal CellCarcinoma Loss of Function Mutation 6.92E−02 4 65 ColorectalAdenocarcinoma: Gain of Function Mutation 3.86E−02 8 45 KRAS Mutation,Stage 3 or 4 Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Gain of Function Mutation9.10E−02 5 21 Microsatellite Stable Diffuse Gastric AdenocarcinomaIn-Peak Gene Amplification 3.04E−02 4 52 Ductal Breast Carcinoma: TripleNegative Loss of Function Mutation 9.90E−02 51 68 Gastric IntestinalType Adenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene Amplification 3.41E−02 4 44Infiltrating Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma In-Peak Gene Amplification7.16E−02 4 183 Leiomyosarcoma In-Peak Gene Deletion 1.86E−03 6 40 LungAdenocarcinoma: EGFR Mutation Loss of Function Mutation 9.57E−03 13 21Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Gain of Function Mutation 8.78E−04 5 39Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Loss of Function Mutation 5.97E−02 5 39Prostate Adenocarcinoma Loss of Function Mutation 1.25E−03 14 172Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Gain of Function Mutation 3.39E−04 10 105KRAS Mutation Cytoband Genes (Entrez ID) Druggable genes KM evidence17q21, 15q22 RARA (5914), PML (5371) RARA favorable outcome 17p13 TP53(7157) TP53 poor outcome 10q23 PTEN (5728) PTEN poor outcome 7q32 IRF5(3663) Poor outcome 22q12 NEFH (4744) poor outcome 11p13 APIP (51074)poor outcome 17p13 TP53 (7157) TP53 favorable outcome 10q26 FGFR2 (2263)FGFR2 poor outcome 20q11 E2F1 (1869) E2F1 Poor outcome 9p21 CDKN2A(1029), CDKN2B (1030) CDKN2A poor outcome 17p13 TP53 (7157) TP53 pooroutcome PTCD1 (26024), ATP5J2-PTCD1 7q22 (100526740) poor outcome 4q35DUX2 (26583) poor outcome 17p13 TP53 (7157) TP53 poor outcome 7q32 IRF5(3663) poor outcome

TABLE 46 Subset Event type Q Acute Myeloid Leukemia Fusion 4.03E−02Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma Loss of Function Mutation 6.84E−02Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma Loss of Function Mutation 6.92E−02Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Gain of Function Mutation 3.86E−02 KRASMutation, Stage 3 or 4 Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Gain of FunctionMutation 9.10E−02 Microsatellite Stable Diffuse Gastric AdenocarcinomaIn-Peak Gene Amplificatior 3.04E−02 Ductal Breast Carcinoma: TripleNegative Loss of Function Mutation 9.90E−02 Gastric Intestinal TypeAdenocarcinoma In-Peak Gene Amplificatior 3.41E−02 Infiltrating BladderUrothelial Carcinoma In-Peak Gene Amplificatior 7.16E−02 LeiomyosarcomaIn-Peak Gene Deletion 1.86E−03 Lung Adenocarcinoma: EGFR Mutation Lossof Function Mutation 9.57E−03 Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Gain ofFunction Mutation 8.78E−04 Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Loss ofFunction Mutation 5.97E−02 Prostate Adenocarcinoma Loss of FunctionMutation 1.25E−03 Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: KRAS Mutation Gain ofFunction Mutation 3.39E−04 Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: KRAS Mutation Gainof Function Mutation 1.53E−02 No. Total no. Subset positive of patientsCytoband Genes (Entrez ID) Acute Myeloid Leukemia 11 168 17q21, RARA(5914), 15q22 PML (5371) Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma 18 65 17p13TP53 (7157) Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma 4 65 10q23 PTEN (5728)Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: 8 45 7q32 IRF5 (3663) KRAS Mutation, Stage 3or 4 Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: 5 21 22q12 NEFH (4744) MicrosatelliteStable Diffuse Gastric Adenocarcinoma 4 52 11p13 APIP (51074) DuctalBreast Carcinoma: Triple Negative 51 68 17p13 TP53 (7157) GastricIntestinal Type Adenocarcinoma 4 44 10q26 FGFR2 (2263) InfiltratingBladder Urothelial Carcinoma 4 183 20q11 E2F1 (1869) Leiomyosarcoma 6 409p21 CDKN2A (1029), CDKN2B (1030) Lung Adenocarcinoma: EGFR Mutation 1321 17p13 TP53 (7157) PTCD1 (26024), ATP5J2-PTCD1 Pancreatic DuctalAdenocarcinoma 5 39 7q22 (100526740) Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma 539 4q35 DUX2 (26583) Prostate Adenocarcinoma 14 172 17p13 TP53 (7157)Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: KRAS Mutation 10 105 7q32 IRF5 (3663)Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: KRAS Mutation 4 105 5q31 PCDHA7 (56141)Druggable Subset genes KM evidence Acute Myeloid Leukemia RARA favorableoutcome Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma TP53 poor outcome ChromophobeRenal Cell Carcinoma PTEN poor outcome Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Pooroutcome KRAS Mutation, Stage 3 or 4 Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: pooroutcome Microsatellite Stable Diffuse Gastric Adenocarcinoma pooroutcome Ductal Breast Carcinoma: Triple Negative TP53 favorable outcomeGastric Intestinal Type Adenocarcinoma FGFR2 poor outcome InfiltratingBladder Urothelial Carcinoma E2F1 Poor outcome Leiomyosarcoma CDKN2Apoor outcome Lung Adenocarcinoma: EGFR Mutation TP53 poor outcomePancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma poor outcome Pancreatic DuctalAdenocarcinoma poor outcome Prostate Adenocarcinoma TP53 poor outcomeColorectal Adenocarcinoma: KRAS Mutation poor outcome ColorectalAdenocarcinoma: KRAS Mutation poor outcome

TABLE 47 Cancer Gene Entrez Type Symbol Gene IDPapillary Renal Cell Carcinoma AR 367 Lobular Breast Carcinoma AR 367Adrenal Cortex Carcinoma AR 367 Colorectal Adenocarcinoma AR 367Pancreatic Carcinoma AR 367 Colorectal Adenocarcinoma AR 367Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma AR 367 Prostate Carcinoma JAK1 3716Hepatocellular Carcinoma JAK1 3716 Cancer Reference Type AllelePapillary Renal Cell Carcinoma — Lobular Breast Carcinoma —Adrenal Cortex Carcinoma GCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCA (SEQ ID NO: 290)Colorectal Adenocarcinoma — Pancreatic Carcinoma GCAGCAGCAColorectal Adenocarcinoma GCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCA (SEQ ID NO: 291)Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma GCAGCAGCA Prostate Carcinoma CHepatocellular Carcinoma T Cancer Tumor Seq Type Allele 1Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma — Lobular Breast Carcinoma —Adrenal Cortex Carcinoma GCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCA (SEQ ID NO: 290)Colorectal Adenocarcinoma — Pancreatic Carcinoma GCAGCAGCAColorectal Adenocarcinoma GCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCAGCA (SEQ ID NO: 291)Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma GCAGCAGCA Prostate Carcinoma THepatocellular Carcinoma T Cancer Tumor Seq Variant Variant TypeAllele 2 Change position Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma GCAGCAp.L57_in_frame_ins p.L57 Lobular Breast Carcinoma GCA p.L57_in_frame_insp.L57 Adrenal Cortex Carcinoma — p.L57_in_frame_del p.L57Colorectal Adenocarcinoma GCAGCA p.L57_in_frame_ins p.L57Pancreatic Carcinoma — p.L57_in_frame_del p.L57Colorectal Adenocarcinoma — p.L57_in_frame_del p.L57Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma — p.L57_in_frame_del p.L57Prostate Carcinoma — p.E188K p.E188 Hepatocellular Carcinoma C; Ap.E188G; p.E188V p.E188 Cancer Variant Pan-Cancer CBI Type ClassVariant Category Druggability Papillary Renal Cell CarcinomaIn_Frame_Ins Hotspot Y Lobular Breast Carcinoma In_Frame_Ins Hotspot YAdrenal Cortex Carcinoma In_Frame_Del Hotspot YColorectal Adenocarcinoma In_Frame_Ins Hotspot Y Pancreatic CarcinomaIn_Frame_Del Hotspot Y Colorectal Adenocarcinoma In_Frame_Del Hotspot YPancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma In_Frame_Del Hotspot YProstate Carcinoma Missense_Mutation Hotspot Y Hepatocellular CarcinomaMissense_Mutation Hotspot Y

TABLE 48 5′ gene 3′ gene Druggable Cancer Type symbol symbol geneEsophageal Carcinoma NUP214 ABL1 ABL1 Colon and Rectal AdenocarcinomaSMEK2 ALK ALK Cutaneous Melanoma KCNQ5 ALK ALK Colon and RectalAdenocarcinoma TRIM24 BRAF BRAF Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma CDKN2ACAPZB CDKN2A Colon and Rectal Adenocarcinoma PEX1 CDK6 CDK6 Lower GradeGlioma EGFR C7orf72 EGFR Hepatocellular Carcinoma ERBB2 PPP1R1B ERBB2Prostate Adenocarcinoma ERBB2 PPP1R1B ERBB2 Hepatocellular CarcinomaFGFR2 BICC1 FGFR2 Lower Grade Glioma FGFR3 FBXO28 FGFR3 ProstateAdenocarcinoma FGFR3 AES FGFR3 Esophageal Carcinoma FGFR3 TACC3 FGFR3Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma JAK2 RCL1 JAK2 Gastric AdenocarcinomaZBTB17 MTOR MTOR Endometrial Endometroid KAZN MTOR MTOR AdenocarcinomaLower Grade Glioma EPHB2 NTRK1 NTRK1 Esophageal Carcinoma RAF1 C9orf153RAF1 Pancreatic Carcinoma RAF1 TMEM40 RAF1 Squamous Cell Lung CarcinomaCDKN2A SRGAP2 CDKN2A Hepatocellular Carcinoma SLC7A2 TERT TERT

TABLE 49 5′ Gene 3′ Gene Cancer TCGA Tumor Symbol Symbol TypeSample Barcode NUP214 ABL1 Esophageal CarcinomaTCGA-L5-A4OQ-01A-11R-A260-31 FGFR3 AES Prostate AdenocarcinomaTCGA-EJ-A7NM-01A-21R-A33R-07 FGFR3 AES Prostate AdenocarcinomaTCGA-EJ-A7NM-01A-21R-A33R-07 FGFR3 AES Prostate AdenocarcinomaTCGA-EJ-A7NM-01A-21R-A33R-07 FGFR3 AES Prostate AdenocarcinomaTCGA-EJ-A7NM-01A-21R-A33R-07 SMEK2 ALK Colon and Rectal AdenocarcinomaTCGA-F5-6864-01A-11R-1928-07 KCNQ5 ALK Cutaneous MelanomaTCGA-EB-A6QY-01A-12R-A32P-07 FGFR2 BICC1 Hepatocellular CarcinomaTCGA-ED-A7PX-01A-51R-A352-07 FGFR2 BICC1 Hepatocellular CarcinomaTCGA-ED-A7PX-01A-51R-A352-07 EGFR C7orf72 Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-E1-A7YJ-01A-11R-A34F-07 RAF1 C9orf153 Esophageal CarcinomaTCGA-L5-A4OS-01A-11R-A28J-31 CDKN2A CAPZB Bladder Urothelial CarcinomaTCGA-E7-A6MD-01A-41R-A352-07 CDKN2A CAPZB Bladder Urothelial CarcinomaTCGA-E7-A6MD-01A-41R-A352-07 CDKN2A CAPZB Bladder Urothelial CarcinomaTCGA-E7-A6MD-01A-41R-A352-07 PEX1 CDK6 Colon and Rectal AdenocarcinomaTCGA-AA-3697-01A-01R-1723-07 FGFR3 FBXO28 Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-TM-A84B-01A-11R-A36H-07 FGFR3 FBXO28 Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-TM-A84B-01A-11R-A36H-07 FGFR3 FBXO28 Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-TM-A84B-01A-11R-A36H-07 FGFR3 FBXO28 Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-TM-A84B-01A-11R-A36H-07 FGFR3 FBXO28 Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-TM-A84B-01A-11R-A36H-07 FGFR3 FBXO28 Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-TM-A84B-01A-11R-A36H-07 FGFR3 FBXO28 Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-TM-A84B-01A-11R-A36H-07 FGFR3 FBXO28 Lower Grade GliomaTCGA-TM-A84B-01A-11R-A36H-07 ZBTB17 MTOR Gastric AdenocarcinomaTCGA-BR-4357-01A-01R-1157-13 KAZN MTOREndometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma TCGA-D1-A3JQ-01A-11R-A22K-07EPHB2 NTRK1 Lower Grade Glioma TCGA-TM-A84J-01A-11R-A36H-07 ERBB2PPP1R1B Hepatocellular Carcinoma TCGA-KR-A7K2-01A-12R-A33R-07 ERBB2PPP1R1B Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma TCGA-LB-A7SX-01A-11R-A33R-07 JAK2 RCL1Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma TCGA-PN-A8MA-01A-11R-A36F-07 JAK2 RCL1Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma TCGA-PN-A8MA-01A-11R-A36F-07 CDKN2ASRGAP2 Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma TCGA-60-2715-01A-01R-0851-07 CDKN2ASRGAP2 Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma TCGA-60-2715-01A-01R-0851-07 FGFR3TACC3 Esophageal Carcinoma TCGA-LN-A5U5-01A-21R-A28J-31 SLC7A2 TERTHepatocellular Carcinoma TCGA-DD-A73C-01A-12R-A33J-07 RAF1 TMEM40Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma TCGA-IB-A5SS-01A-11R-A32O-07 BRAF TRIM24Colon and Rectal Adenocarcinoma TCGA-F5-6464-01A-11R-1736-07 TRIM24 BRAFColon and Rectal Adenocarcinoma TCGA-F5-6464-01A-11R-1736-07 5′ Gene 5′5′ 5′ 3′ 3′ 3′ Symbol Accession Chromosome Breakpoint AccessionChromosome Breakpoint NUP214 8021 chr9 134027281 25 chr9 133747516 FGFR32261 chr4 1808969 166 chr19 3061232 FGFR3 2261 chr4 1808905 166 chr193061233 FGFR3 2261 chr4 1808905 166 chr19 3061233 FGFR3 2261 chr41808661 166 chr19 3061255 SMEK2 57223 chr2 55804451 238 chr2 29940563KCNQ5 56479 chr6 73332315 238 chr2 29498362 FGFR2 2263 chr10 12323953380114 chr10 60461846 FGFR2 2263 chr10 123244971 80114 chr10 60461846EGFR 1956 chr7 55268106 100130988 chr7 50143910 RAF1 5894 chr3 12627180389766 chr9 88844544 CDKN2A 1029 chr9 21974677 832 chr1 19671746 CDKN2A1029 chr9 21974673 832 chr1 19666067 CDKN2A 1029 chr9 21994138 832 chr119671746 PEX1 5189 chr7 92151518 1021 chr7 92355063 FGFR3 2261 chr41808661 23219 chr1 224340844 FGFR3 2261 chr4 1808989 23219 chr1224340848 FGFR3 2261 chr4 1808645 23219 chr1 224345163 FGFR3 2261 chr41808645 23219 chr1 224345163 FGFR3 2261 chr4 1808586 23219 chr1224340892 FGFR3 2261 chr4 1808591 23219 chr1 224318276 FGFR3 2261 chr41808661 23219 chr1 224340844 FGFR3 2261 chr4 1808582 23219 chr1224340949 ZBTB17 7709 chr1 16269559 2475 chr1 11227574 KAZN 23254 chr115251068 2475 chr1 11206848 EPHB2 2048 chr1 23111569 4914 chr1 156843425ERBB2 2064 chr17 37883777 84152 chr17 37790317 ERBB2 2064 chr17 3788379884152 chr17 37790337 JAK2 3717 chr9 5090911 10171 chr9 4834141 JAK2 3717chr9 5126446 10171 chr9 4860125 CDKN2A 1029 chr9 21994138 23380 chr1206634382 CDKN2A 1029 chr9 21974677 23380 chr1 206634382 FGFR3 2261 chr41808661 10460 chr4 1741429 SLC7A2 6542 chr8 17354726 7015 chr5 1282731RAF1 5894 chr3 12632350 55287 chr3 12791339 BRAF 673 chr7 140624377 8805chr7 138255741 TRIM24 8805 chr7 138255748 673 chr7 140550012 5′ GeneBreakpoint SEQ ID Symbol Sequence NO. NUP214CATGACTGCAGCTTCTTTCAAGAACTCTTCCACCTCCATGGTGTCCTCCT|GAAGCTGAGCTTCACTCTTGGGA292 TCCAGTGGTCTTTTATAAAGCAAATGC FGFR3GGACGACTCCGTGTTTGCCCACGACCTGCTGCCCCCGGCCCCACCCAGCA|ACTCAAATTCACCACCTCGGACT293 CCTGCGACCGCATCAAAGACGAATTTC FGFR3TGTCGGCGCCTTTCGAGCAGTACTCCCCGGGTGGCCAGGACACCCCCAGC|AACTCAAATTCACCACCTCGGAC294 TCCTGCGACCGCATCAAAG FGFR3TGTCGGCGCCTTTCGAGCAGTACTCCCCGGGTGGCCAGGACACCCCCAGC|AACTCAAATTCACCACCTCGGAC295 TCCTGCGACCGCATCAAAGACGAATTT FGFR3GCAGCTGGTGGAGGACCTGGACCGTGTCCTTACCGTGACGTCCACCGACG|GCTCCTCGCACCTACCCCAGCAA296 CTCAAATTCACCACCTCGGACTCCTGC SMEK2TGAAAAGGATAATATAGTTGGATCAAACAAAAACAACACAATTTGTCCCG|GTCATAGCTCCTTGGAATCACCA297 ACAAACATGCCTTCTCCTTCTCCTGAT KCNQ5CGATGGCTCTGGATCCTTGTCCCCACCATGCGACCATCTGCAGCCAGAAC|ACGAAAGCGTGGTAGATGAACGC298 CCAGCCGCGGGGTCTCTCCAGCACGTT FGFR2AGTTGGTAGAAGACTTGGATCGAATTCTCACTCTCACAACCAATGAGGAA|ACAAATACGCAGATTGCTTGGCCA299 TCAAAACTGAAGATCGGAGCCAAATC FGFR2AGATCTTCACTTTAGGGGGCTCGCCCTACCCAGGGATTCCCGTGGAGGAA|ACAAATACGCAGATTGCTTGGCCA300 TCAAAACTGAAGATCGGAGCCAAATC EGFRGATCATCGAATTCTCCAAAATGGCCCGAGACCCCCAGCGCTACCTTGTCA|TTCAGGTTGGACAAGCCCTCTGAA301 AGTTACTCCCTTACAACCTCATCATG RAF1GAGTGGTTCTCAGCAGGTTGAACAACCTACTGGCTCTGTCCTCTGGATGG|AATTAGAGAATAAAATCCCAGCAC302 GATGTTCCTCACTGGAGACACCAGTC CDKN2ATTGGCTATGTGTGGGGAGCAGTCACTCACAGTTTCATCCTTCTCCATCTG|GATCGGCCTCCGACCGTAACTATT303 CGGTGCGTTGGGCAGCGCCCCCGCCT CDKN2AAGAGGTTTAGCATTGCTGCTTTCTCTTCAAAGCCTCCACCAGGTCATTCT|CCACCTGGATCGGCCTCCGACCGT304 AACTATTCGGTGCGTTGGGCAGCGCC CDKN2ATTGGCTATGTGTGGGGAGCAGTCACTCACAGTFTCATCCTTCTCCATCTG|GTCTTCTAGGAAGCGGCTGCTGCC305 CTAGACGCTGGCTCCTCAGTAGCATC PEX1TGCTGCAGAATCAAGCTATAGAAGTGGTCTGGAGTCACCAGCCTGCATTC|ACACCGAGTAGTGCATCGCGATCT306 AAAACCACAGAACATTCTGGTGACCA FGFR3GCAGCTGGTGGAGGACCTGGACCGTGTCCTTACCGTGACGTCCACCGACG|TGATTGATGAGATTTATCGTGTGT307 TGAGATATGTCAATTCTACCAGAGCC FGFR3ACGACCTGCTGCCCCCGGCCCCACCCAGCAGTGGGGGCTCGCGGACGTGA|TTGATGAGATTTATCGTGTGTTGAG308 ATATGTCAATTCTACCAGAGCCCCT FGFR3CAGAGGCCCACCTTCAAGCAGCTGGTGGAGGACCTGGACCGTGTCCTTAC|CGTGACTGTTCTCAGGCGTGAAATT309 TCTGAGCTTCGCACCAAAGTGCAAG FGFR3CTTGCACTTTGGTGCGAAGCTCAGAAATTTCACGCCTGAGAACAGTCACG|GTAAGGACACGGTCCAGGTCCTCCA310 CCAGCTGCTTGAAGGTGGG FGFR3CCAACTGCACACACGACCTGTACATGATCATGCGGGAGTGCTGGCATGCC|GCCCCTCAACGAGCTCATGAAGTAC311 TTCAAGAATTAAGGGATATATCCTC FGFR3TGCACACACGACCTGTACATGATCATGCGGGAGTGCTGGCATGCCGCGCC|CTCCCAAGGTGATTGATGAGATTTA312 TCGTGTGTTGAGATATGTCAATTCT FGFR3AGGGGCTCTGGTAGAATTGACATATCTCAACACACGATAAATCTCATCAA|TCACGTCGGTGGACGTCACGGTAAG313 GACACGGTCCAGGTCCTCCACCAGC FGFR3CCCGCCAACTGCACACACGACCTGTACATGATCATGCGGGAGTGCTGGCA|ATGGAGTACTTTGATGAAAAGATTG314 TTCCAATTTTAAAGAGGAAATTACC ZBTB17GGCCTTCGTGAACGTGGGGGACCTGTCCAAGCACATCATCATTCACACTG|CATTAATAATAAGCTACAGCAGCCG315 GAGGCAGCGGCCGGAGTGTTAGAAT KAZNCCCGCGCCGGGGTTCCCCGGGTCCGAGCGGATGGCGACTGCAGCCAGCCC|GGTCAGTGGGACAGCATGGAAGAAT316 ACACCTGTATGATCCCTCGGGACAC EPHB2CATGTGCAAAGCAGGCTTCGAGGCCGTTGAGAATGGCACCGTCTGCCGAG|TCCCGGCCAGTGTGCAGCTGCACAC317 GGCGGTGGAGATGCACCACTGGTGC ERBB2CCTGGCCACAGGTTGTCTTTTGCCCAGCAGACTGCCTGATGACCTTCAGG|GGGGCAACGTAGCCATCAGTCTCAG318 AGGGCAGGGGTACTGTGGGGTCCTC ERBB2CCCTCTGAGACTGATGGCTACGTTGCCCCCCTGACCTGCAGCCCCCAGCC|CTGCTGGGCAAAAGACAACCTGTGG319 CCAGGGTCTGGAAGGGCCCTGGGAG JAK2GACAAAGAATACTATAAAGTAAAAGAACCTGGTGAAAGTCCCATATTCTG|ATTGTGCGACGGGGAATGCCTCCCG320 GAGGAGGAGGCGAAGTGGTTTTCTC JAK2ACTTTTGAAGAATAATGGAAGATTACCAAGACCAGATGGATGCCCAGATG|AGGATAGAATTTTTGCGGCATTTGA321 AGAGCTTTTTCCAGATTATGTTTAA CDKN2ACTACTGAGGAGCCAGCGTCTAGGGCAGCAGCCGCTTCCTAGAAGACCAGG|ATATTGAGGCAACAATGAACTCGGC322 CCTGAATGAGCTACGGGAACTAGAA CDKN2AAGGCGGGGGCGCTGCCCAACGCACCGAATAGTTACGGTCGGAGGCCGATC|CAGGATATTGAGGCAACAATGAACT323 CGGCCCTGAATGAGCTACGGGAACT FGFR3GCAGCTGGTGGAGGACCTGGACCGTGTCCTTACCGTGACGTCCACCGACG|TAAAGGCGACACAGGAGGAGAACCG324 GGAGCTGAGGAGCAGGTGTGAGGAG SLC7A2CGCGGGCCCCCGACGCGCTGCAGCCGGCAGCCCACCGCCGCCTTCTTGGC|TGTGTTCCGGCCGCAGAGCACCGTC325 TGCGTGAGGAGATCCTGGCCAAGTT RAF1GGTGCGAGGGCAGCAGCCTCTACAAACACCTGCATGTCCAGGAGACCAAG|GAAAAGCCATGGAGACTTCAGCATC326 CTCCTCCCAGCCTCAGGACAACAGT BRAFGGCCGGCGCCGGCGCCGGCGCCGCGGCCTCTTCGGCTGCGGACCCTGCCA|TTCCGGATATTGACTGTTCAAGTAC327 TATTATGCTGGACAATATTGTGAGG TRIM24ATTTGAGCTCACCAGTGGGAGGGTCTTATAATCTTCCCTCTCTTCCGGAT|GTGTGGAATATCAAACAAATGATTA328 AGTTGACACAGGAACATATAGAGGC

TABLE 50 Pre-registration Gene approved (pre-approval) Phase III ABL1imatinib mesilate N N bosutinib nilotinib ponatinib radotinib ALKcrizotinib N N alectinib hydrochloride ceritinib BRAF vemurafenib Nencorafenib pazopanib dabrafenib CDKN2A N N N CDK6 N palbociclib LEE-011LY-2835219 EGFR panitumumab N neratinib cetuximab XL-647 erlotinibrindopepimut nepidermin necitumumab gefitinib dacomitinib nimotuzumabrociletinib vandetanib AZD-9291 lapatinib afatinib icotinib Gene PhaseII Phase I Preclinical ABL1 bafetinib rebastinib ON-044580 ABL-001SUN-K706 ALK AP-26113 CEP-37440 AZD-3463 X-396 EBI-215 ARN-5032PF-06463922 DLX-521 TSR-011 entrectinib BRAF RAF-265 ARQ-761 Brafinhibitors, Sareum XL-281 ARQ-736 B-Raf and c-RAF dual AB-024BeiGene-283 inhibitor, Redx Pharma PLX-8394 DP-4978 PLX-8394 DP-4978TL-241, B-Raf kinase inhibitors, Array BioPharma-1 EN-3352 EBI-907PI3K/BET bromodomain inhibitors SignalRx UAI-201 Nanolipolee-007 ASN-003CDKN2A P16_37-63 N N CDK6 alvocidib GZ38-1 CDK4/6 inhibitors, G1Therapeutics capridine Beta, AV Therapeutics G1T38-1 G1T30-1 EGFRdovitinib JNJ-26483327 CUDC-101 varlitinib MM-151 Sym-013 marizomibAL-6802 STI-A020X futuximab ABT-806 SCT-200 S-222611 epitinib pirotinibAP-26113 allitinib PF-06459988 antroquinonol theliatinib NT-004 GT-MAB5.2-GEX ErbituxEDVsPac larotinib poziotinib AMG-595 KL-ON113duligotuzumab IMGN-289 JNJ-61186372 LY-3016859 pyrotinib IRAD-425ABT-414 TAS-121 HL-176 KD-020 chimeric antigen receptor FV-225 ASP-8273T-cell therapy, Epidermal growth doxorubicin loaded EGFRVIII, Novartisfactor, USV Limited EnGeneIC delivery GC-1118A EM1-mAB vehiclesLY-3164530 EGFRvIII/CD3 EGF-816 AZD-3759 CUDC-101 EGFRvII CAR, miR-16,EDV nanocells, CTX-023 Kite Pharma EnGeneIC BPI-4039 BPI-0403bi-specific antibodies, Zyngenia Avid Biologics-2 Avid Biologics-1anticancer gene therapy, Gradalis anti-EGFR MAbs, Kadmon anti-EGFRbiosimilar, Mabion AFM-21 Pre-registration Gene approved (pre-approval)Phase III ERBB2 trastuzumab N neratinib trastuzumab emtansine XL-647pertuzumab; lapatinib dacomitinib ditosylate nelipepimut-S catumaxomabtrastuzumab afatinib (Celltrion, Biocad, trastuzumab, Enhanze Biocon,Synthon, Harvest Moon, Aryogen) doxorubicin FGFR2 ponatinib lenvatinib Npalifermin FGFR3 ponatinib lenvatinib N levetiracetam in masitinibsodium chloride, HQ Specialty Pharma JAK2 ruxolitinib N momelotinibpacritinib baricitinib MTOR everolimus ridaforolimus TCD-10023temsirolimus voxtalisib sirolimus nab-rapamycin zotarolimus apitolisibbiolimus gedatolisib umirolimus NTRK1 N N MIM-D3 RAF1 sorafenib N N TERTN N GV-1001 Gene Phase II Phase I Preclinical ERBB2 lapuleucel-THer-VAXX Lovaxin B AVX-901 VM-206 TH-1, Algeta AE-37 ARRY-380trastuzumab-antibody BMS-690514 JNJ-26483327 conjugates, SynthonMVA-BN-HER2 S-222611 CUDC-101 varlitinib doxorubicin (Merrimack)Her-2/neu Stradobody,Gliknik MM-111 cipatinib ARX-788 AC-480; ovarianTrasGEX Etbx-021 cancer trastuzumab (Hanwha SN-34003 vaccine (Generex)Chemical); IBI-302 TrasGEX trastuzumab (Pfizer) NT-004 ICT-140margetuximab IDN-6439 ONS-1050 poziotinib AVX-901 Sym-013 PR-610anti-HER2 X anti-CD3 KD-020 (Emergent Biosolutions) FGFR2 EN MD-2076JNJ-42756493 FPA-144 lucitanib S-49076 keratinocyte growth AZD-4547FF-284 factor, Nanogen BGJ-398 BAY-1179470 LY-2874455 BAY-1163877ASP-5878 FGFR3 dovitinib lactate JNJ-42756493 N ENMD-2076 S-49076AZD-4547 FF284 BGJ-398 BAY-1163877 LY-2874455 ASP-5878 B-701 JAK2BMS-911543 AC-430 ON-044580 NS-018 SB-1317 TP-0413 PF-06263276 VR-588NMS-P953 MTOR quinacrine P-7170 nPT-MTOR XL-765 CBLC-137 STP-503dactolisib AZD-2014 X-480 PKI-587 CC-115 ABTL-0812 PF-04691502 PWT-33957X-414; CC214 INK-128 DS-7423 HMPL-518 AZD-2014 GDC-0084 PQR-401 CC-223DS-3078 mTOR inhibitor/PI3 kinase LY-3023414 inhibitor, Lilly-1 PI3kinase/mTOR PIM/PI3k/mTOR inhibitors, inhibitor, Lilly InflectionBiosciences SF-1126 LOR-220 SB-2343 NV-128 omipalisib SPR-965 ABTL-0812IBL-301 PQR-309 PQR-316 DCBCI-0901 PQR-311 TAM-01 NTRK1 milciclibmaleate BXL-1H5 NMS-P626 CT-327 PLX-7486 CT-340 NMS-E628 LOXO-101 FX-007PSR-011 DS-6051b CRB-0089 pan-TRK (Merck) RAF1 iCo-007 RO-5126766HM-95573 XL-281 MLN-2480 TAK-632 DP-4978 UAI-201 pan-RAF Novartis andCelator TERT VX-001 TeloB-Vax telomerase vaccine, Geron GX-301 hTERT DNAvaccine, lnovio INVAC-1 AST-VAC2

What is claimed:
 1. A method of detecting a CEP85L-ROS1 gene fusion in asample from a subject, the method comprising: generating a reactionmixture comprising nucleic acid from the sample and a pair of primersthat specifically hybridize to a target nucleic acid comprising thesequence of SEQ ID NO:17 , wherein the sample comprises the targetnucleic acid; amplifying the target nucleic acid using the pair ofprimers, thereby producing amplicons; sequencing the amplicons; anddetecting the presence of a CEP85L-ROS1 gene fusion comprising thesequence of SEQ ID NO:17 in the sequenced amplicons.
 2. The method ofclaim 1, further comprising diagnosing the subject as havingglioblastoma and determining a treatment based on the CEP85L-ROS1 genefusion detected in the sample.
 3. The method of claim 2, wherein thetreatment is crizotinib.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sample isa blood sample.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sample is a tissuesample.
 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the sample is aformalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sample.
 7. The method of claim 1,wherein the sample comprises tumor tissue.
 8. The method of claim 7,wherein the tumor is a glioblastoma.
 9. The method of claim 1, whereinthe sequencing is by next generation sequencing technology.